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"We were all asked to step it up a notch."

"I have to step it up a notch or two, be competitive and hold my own."

Now he is more motivated to step it up a notch,' the attorney said.

"That's where everyone plays better and steps it up a notch."

"Having an audience compelled these kids to step it up a notch."

"Guys play tough throughout the season, but I think they step it up a notch in the tournament."

Looks like the original tools have stepped it up a notch.

“For a challenge like this you have to step it up a notch.

We decided to step it up a notch for the last twenty miles, just in case."

So we're going to step it up a notch.

Each time we go down the line we step it up a notch.

Patrick steps it up a notch, and you saw what Trent did out there.

The first win of the season for the Craniums, and a pretty good team effort, but we still need to step it up a notch.

I love when women stepped it up a notch.

"I've got to step it up a notch," Anthony said.

"We will have to step it up a notch to get it done," he said.

Instead of working out for an hour at an easy-to-moderate intensity level, step it up a notch.

When the regular season started we just said, 'Let's step it up a notch.'

Every time they drop an album they step it up a notch.

"With the threat of physical harm to someone, he's really stepped it up a notch.

Management is asking everyone to step it up a notch, but to do it on a smaller budget.

“I definitely felt I stepped it up a notch, mostly with my serve,” she said.

The good news for Coyotes fans is he's capable of stepping it up a notch.

And for whatever reason, he decided he wanted to step it up a notch - or four."

And with much at stake, the candidates aren't backing off their attacks on one another; if anything, they're about to step it up a notch.