bump up

phrasal verb

bumped up; bumping up; bumps up
informal
: to move (something or someone) to a higher level, position, rank, etc.
Prices are being bumped up.
They're bumping her up to district manager.

Examples of bump up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 2022, city leaders bumped up the proportion of road construction fees developers had to cover from 30% to 50% for new residential properties (significantly less than the 80% threshold staff had recommended). Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024 As creators, researchers and scientists, all three of us were bumping up against this observation with our brand, studio and distribution partner clients. Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 Now ranked by Bloomberg as the 21st richest person in the world, Huang expanded his wealth by as much as $8.5 billion on Thursday alone as his company’s stock price bumped up 15% in value during morning trading. Jennifer Korn, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024 The rate among Black American homeownership sits at 44%, and has only bumped up by 0.4% in the last decade. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 Feb. 2024 When the rate – or frequency, as scientists call it – at which the tops are precessing, or spinning, matches the frequency at which the car is bumping up and down, something called a spin-orbit resonance occurs. Gongjie Li, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024 Do those startups get bumped up in the waiting line for your hardware? Lauren Goode, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024 This latest addition will bump up MCR’s portfolio of around 150 luxury hotels, including the TWA Hotel at New York’s JFK airport, a reimagining of Eero Saarinen’s 1962 Flight Center. Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024 Along with housing costs, mortgage rates also bumped up. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024

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“Bump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20up. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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