"stepped-up" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From step up.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more stepped-up",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most stepped-up",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "stepped-up (comparative more stepped-up, superlative most stepped-up)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "stepped-up separation"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 23, Lisa O'Carroll, “Austria tightens border controls as Hungary frees convicted people smugglers”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Austria is a prime destination for smuggled people heading for the heart of the EU via Hungary from the Balkans. For many migrants, the Hungarian route remains an option despite stepped-up border patrols and a steel fence built by Hungary after the EU’s 2015 migration crisis.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Increased; heightened."
      ],
      "id": "en-stepped-up-en-adj-stBfqVAN",
      "links": [
        [
          "Increased",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "heightened",
          "heightened"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stepped-up"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "stepped-up separation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From step up.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more stepped-up",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most stepped-up",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "stepped-up (comparative more stepped-up, superlative most stepped-up)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 23, Lisa O'Carroll, “Austria tightens border controls as Hungary frees convicted people smugglers”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Austria is a prime destination for smuggled people heading for the heart of the EU via Hungary from the Balkans. For many migrants, the Hungarian route remains an option despite stepped-up border patrols and a steel fence built by Hungary after the EU’s 2015 migration crisis.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Increased; heightened."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Increased",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "heightened",
          "heightened"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stepped-up"
}