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stepped up one's game

stepped up one's game is the simple past and past participle of step up one's game.

Meaning of step up one's game

Verb

step up one's game (third-person singular simple present steps up one's game, present participle stepping up one's game, simple past and past participle stepped up one's game)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To improve one's performance, or the quality of one's work.

Questions about stepped up one's game

What is stepped up one's game the simple past and past participle of?
Stepped up one's game is the simple past and past participle of step up one's game.

Words near stepped up one's game in the dictionary

  1. stepped pyramids
  2. stepped reckoner
  3. stepped reckoners
  4. stepped to
  5. stepped up
  6. stepped up one's game
  7. stepped up to the plate
  8. stepped-up
  9. steppedst
  10. steppeland
  11. steppelands

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