| 释义 | step it upidiom informal(alsostep things up)
 to do something with more energy or enthusiasm, or with greater skill :
 In the second half we stepped it up and were able to score.
 The situation is changing fast and he needs to step things up.
 step it up a notchI decided it was time for our film festival to step it up a notch, and all the festival staff backed me.
 The team was very skilled so we were able to step things up a notch from our original plan.
 step it up a gearI need to step it up a gear as I'm starting to get bored.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Making progress and advancing
 adaptive evolution
 advance the cause
 advanced
 advancement
 age
 boom
 evolve
 evolved
 flourish
 flower
 formatively
 from A to Bidiom
 journey
 mature
 punctuated equilibrium
 rebuild
 regenerate
 ripen
 ripeness
 spread
 
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