Step up
Step up verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.
Tag
Tag verb - To attach an identifying slip to.
Both terms in one sentence
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Step Up to the Microphone: Trevor Rabin takes the lead vocals on "Changes" and "Walls", in addition to providing additional lead vocals on many songs as part of a Vocal Tag Team.
Source: Music / Yes -
Step Up to the Microphone: To make the Beatles a full Vocal Tag Team, Ringo sang a song on most of their albums.
Source: Music / Ringo Starr -
Step Up to the Microphone/Vocal Tag Team: To date this is the Arcade Fire album where Regine Chassagne takes the most lead vocals, as distinguished from backing and harmony vocals.
Source: Music / The Suburbs
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Tag and Step up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/step_up/tag
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Tag or Step up. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/step_up/tag.
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