Work & careers
step up
take responsibility
To step up means to take responsibility and act when help or leadership is needed.
Hear it in real life
Who's going to lead the project?
Tom stepped up when nobody else offered.
When the team needed a volunteer, Priya stepped up and took charge.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: When nobody volunteered, I stepped up myself for the task.
Say: When nobody volunteered, I stepped up and took responsibility for the task.
For this sense, “step up” is followed by the action taken; “step up myself for” is not the idiomatic pattern.
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How it fits in a sentence.
step up; step up and do something; someone stepped up
Compare it
Where this one sits next to the phrases it gets mixed up with.
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When the team needed a volunteer, Priya stepped up and took charge.
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step up
take responsibility
“When the team needed a volunteer, Priya stepped up and took charge.”
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