Continue and Step up

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Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.

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Step up and continue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Step up" instead a verb "Continue".

Step up verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.

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Continue and step up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Continue" instead a verb "Step up".

Watch_Dogs: In the Bad Blood DLC, Aiden "The Fox" Pearce is on the run from Blume, so some hapless nobody decides to "step up", put on a homemade "Aiden" costume to continue Aiden's legacy.

Source: Costume Copycat
Nonetheless, they soon began to step up the fight, delivering the stiffest resistance the Germans had ever met, and turned operational and tactical defeats into strategic victory by ensuring that the war would continue.

Source: Useful Notes / Reds with Rockets aka: Mi G

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