Step up and Tender

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

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

Tender verb - To put before another for acceptance or consideration.

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Step up and tender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Step up" instead a verb "Tender".

He's not the oldest, but his older sister Helen was exiled by the Clave and his older brother Mark was kidnapped by the Wild Hunt; therefore when their father died in the war, Julian, at the tender age of twelve, had no other choice but to step up and take care of the rest of the Blackthorn brood.

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