Race and Step up

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Race verb - To engage in a contest.

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

Nearby Words: raced, racing, racist, racism, racer

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

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

But goddamn did the guy step up when the human race needed him to.

Source: Film / Schindler's List
In the documentary Space Race, Wernher von Braun is being pressured to step up the production of the V2 rocket.

Source: I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder

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Step up and Race. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/race/step_up

Race & Step up. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/race/step_up>.

Step up or Race. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/race/step_up.

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