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What does stepped-up mean?

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Adjective
  1. That has increased; heightened
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There are stepped-up air patrols, surface-to-air missiles at critical points, and tougher security checks for travelers.
According to Le Monde, the neighborhood had been tense for much of the month and a focus for stepped-up policing.
The stepped-up effort by the press came after, and was in large measure a response to, the not-so-sterling media handling of the Swiftboating of Sen.
To reach this goal, deep-seated problems must be subjected to a stepped-up attack.
Either way, Simao stepped-up and, despite Sanchez' boogie-woogie efforts to distract him, calmy and firmly dispatched the spot-kick.
This election allows P to obtain a stepped-up basis in T's assets under Sec.

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