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[ verb ] increase in extent or intensity
Examples "The Allies escalated the bombing" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)South Viet_Nam has received $ 1450000000 in United_States aid since 1954 and the rate of assistance has been stepped_up since Vice_President Lyndon_B._Johnson 's visit last May . (Los Angeles Times...)`` Former Vice_President Nixon came_out in support of President_Kennedy 's program for stepping_up the arms_race . If there were no West_Berlin problem , imperialist quarters would have invented an excuse for stepping_up the armaments race to try to solve the internal and external problems besetting the United_States and its NATO partners . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make oneself visible; take action
Examples "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers" Related terms |
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