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		Definition of stepping-up in English: stepping-upnoun An increase in the amount, speed, or intensity of something.  the recent stepping-up of the campaign  Example sentencesExamples -  The move represents a stepping-up of the FBI presence in this country.
 -  The Prime Minister has indicated that she supports the stepping-up of the enforcement of the law across the country.
 -  This feeling has prompted the stepping-up of security around the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
 -  It also represents a stepping-up of efforts to transform Scotland into a technologically advanced and sustainable low-carbon economy.
 -  Other issues include the simplification of customs and procedures, the development of intellectual property rights and the stepping-up of cooperation in the automobile industry.
 -  Moreover nobody believes that the present stepping-up of arms production is anything but an instalment of greater things to come.
 -  The obviously right response to both these failures in a deep recession is the stepping-up of public sector investment to compensate.
 -  The premier also called for the stepping-up of measures to fight official corruption.
 -  The attack, with its high toll and its timing on a major holiday, represented a stepping-up of the violence.
 -  The recent stepping-up of the campaign for the opening of the rail line from Collooney to Limerick brings to mind with sadness the closure of another line.
 
    Definition of stepping-up in US English: stepping-upnoun An increase in the amount, speed, or intensity of something.  the recent stepping-up of the campaign  Example sentencesExamples -  Moreover nobody believes that the present stepping-up of arms production is anything but an instalment of greater things to come.
 -  The obviously right response to both these failures in a deep recession is the stepping-up of public sector investment to compensate.
 -  This feeling has prompted the stepping-up of security around the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
 -  The Prime Minister has indicated that she supports the stepping-up of the enforcement of the law across the country.
 -  It also represents a stepping-up of efforts to transform Scotland into a technologically advanced and sustainable low-carbon economy.
 -  The recent stepping-up of the campaign for the opening of the rail line from Collooney to Limerick brings to mind with sadness the closure of another line.
 -  The attack, with its high toll and its timing on a major holiday, represented a stepping-up of the violence.
 -  Other issues include the simplification of customs and procedures, the development of intellectual property rights and the stepping-up of cooperation in the automobile industry.
 -  The premier also called for the stepping-up of measures to fight official corruption.
 -  The move represents a stepping-up of the FBI presence in this country.
 
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