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step-up
[step-uhp]
adjective
effecting an increase.
Electricity.serving to increase voltage.
a step-up transformer.
(of a lease) allowing for gradual rent increases to the highest amount permissible.
noun
an increase or rise in the rate or quantity of something.
step up
verb
(tr) to increase or raise by stages; accelerate
(intr) to make progress or effect an advancement; be promoted
baseball to move into batting position
to come forward and take responsibility for something
adjective
(of a transformer) increasing a low voltage applied to the primary winding to a higher voltage on the secondary winding Compare step down
informalinvolving a rise by stages
noun
informalan increment in quantity, size, etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of step-up1
Idioms and Phrases
Increase, especially in stages, as in We've got to step up production . [Early 1900s] Also see step down , def. 2.
Come forward, as in Step up to the podium, folks, and I'll show you how it works . [Mid-1600s]
Example Sentences
In a social media post she said: "The step-up in anti-migrant rhetoric from the government is shameful and dangerous."
At least part of your home would have gotten a step-up in tax basis if you were married and your co-owner spouse died.
But he soon experienced the fickleness of pro pugilism in a significant step-up.
The proposal would also eliminate the notorious step-up in basis enjoyed by heirs.
But investments held in revocable trusts, such as living trusts, should qualify for the favorable step-up in basis that would eliminate the taxable capital gain at his death.
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