Sentence examples for stepped up to try from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Step up to the plate.

If someone steps up to the plate, they take on or accept a challenge or a responsibility.

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But two state senators have stepped up to try to fill in the blank.

The movement mimics one of those rubber mallets that gets handed out at carnivals, when you have stepped up to try the strength test.

Hitz deliberately dug his studs into the turf – and swivelled a few times for maximum impact – just before Modeste stepped up to try to give the home side the lead.

Compared with those pioneers of motoring, I had several advantages when I stepped up to try my hand at starting a brand-new Model T. For one, I'm no neophyte.

"Excellent technique," intoned a Universal Studios Hollywood employee as another wand-waving visitor stepped up to try the incantation.

When I stepped up to try "Pearl," Technical Art Lead Cassidy Curtis encouraged me to wear one of the available blue Hyperkin faceguards (essentially a Ninja Turtles-style guard that protects your face from the foam of a VR headset).

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But this is yet another big company stepping up to try to put a stop to social gaming application scams.

The same incumbents have been serving a more than $10 billion market for decades, and a few startups are stepping up to try to steal a little share from companies like Avis and Enterprise.

We will step up to try to fill the gaps of ever-tightening federal research funds.

The ferocity on the field is getting way out of hand and it's good to see the league stepping up to try to stop it.

In typical "TGS" fashion, with the show's life on the line, nobody stepped up to help Liz try and save it.

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