step up

assumersi la responsabilità, farsi avanti

Assumersi una responsabilità o offrire aiuto quando ce n'è bisogno.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si 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.)

Sinonimi: take responsibility, volunteer, come forward

Contrari: shirk responsibility

Espressioni comuni: step up now, step up and help, step up to lead

aumentare, intensificare

Aumentare la quantità, la forza o il livello di qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: step something up (The company stepped production up before the holidays.)

Sinonimi: increase, boost, intensify

Contrari: reduce, decrease

Espressioni comuni: step up efforts, step up production, step up security