step-up

Noun step-up has 1 sense

• step-up(n = noun.act) increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
is a kind of change of magnitude
has particulars: addition, advance, rise, appreciation, surge, upsurge, augmentation, amplification, enlargement, expansion, escalation, maximation, maximisation, maximization, exaggeration, expanding upon, expansion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, inclusion, aggrandisement, aggrandizement, elevation, strengthening, intensification, intensification, split, split up, stock split
Derived form verb step up₁