Usually means: Accept responsibility and take action.
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  1. step up to the plate: Merriam-Webster
  2. step up to the plate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. step up to the plate: Collins English Dictionary
  4. step up to the plate: Wiktionary
  5. Step Up to the Plate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. step up to the plate: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (step up to the plate)

verb:  (chiefly US, idiomatic) To initiate action; to assume or take a responsibility.

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