Push and Step up

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Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.

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

Nearby Words: pushed, pushy, pushover, pushing, pusher

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

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

When push comes to shove, he will step up and save lives even if he's risking his own.

Source: Series / Atlantis
In the light novel, after worrying about her own feelings, even after she promised Subaru she'd help her properly convey her feelings to Jiro, Kanade decides, with a bit of push from Jiro, albeit unwittingly, to step up her teasing of him.

Source: Light Novel / Mayo Chiki!

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