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step up on

step up on verb: to challenge or pick a fight with (someone).

Verb

step up on (third-person singular simple present steps up on, present participle stepping up on, simple past and past participle stepped up on)

  1. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To challenge or pick a fight with (someone).

Forms of step up on

third-person singular presentsteps up on
present participlestepping up on
past participlestepped up on
paststepped up on

Questions about step up on

What does step up on mean?
Step up on means to challenge or pick a fight with (someone).
What part of speech is step up on?
Step up on is a verb.
What is the past tense of step up on?
The past tense of step up on is stepped up on.

Words near step up on in the dictionary

  1. step therapy
  2. step time
  3. step times
  4. step to
  5. step up
  6. step up on
  7. step up one's game
  8. step up to the plate
  9. step-
  10. step-aunt
  11. step-aunts

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