step up

asumir la responsabilidad, dar un paso al frente

Asumir una responsabilidad u ofrecer ayuda cuando hace falta.

En inglés sencillo: To take responsibility or offer help when it is needed.

• Someone needs to step up.
• She stepped up to lead the team.
• Will you step up and take responsibility?

Cómo se usa: step up to something (She stepped up to the challenge of running the team.); step up to do something (Several neighbours stepped up to help.)

Sinónimos: take responsibility, volunteer, come forward

Antónimos: shirk responsibility

Expresiones frecuentes: step up now, step up and help, step up to lead

aumentar, intensificar

Aumentar la cantidad, la fuerza o el nivel de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To increase the amount, strength, or level of something.

• We need to step up our efforts.
• Police stepped up security at the station.
• The factory has stepped up production to meet demand.

Cómo se usa: step something up (The company stepped production up before the holidays.)

Sinónimos: increase, boost, intensify

Antónimos: reduce, decrease

Expresiones frecuentes: step up efforts, step up production, step up security