bump up

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

And while comparable sales advanced 6 percent, they were powered by a 19 percent bump up at Aerie, which offset the 1 percent decline at American Eagle. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

The Red Sox are targeting Friday for his second SeaDogs appearance, with the pitch count bumped up to 40-45. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

Rising trading volume was bumping up against the limitations of the device’s capacity—the amount of data the technology could handle at one time. — Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

They were determined not to bump up against that deadline during the campaign season following this past year’s historic shutdowns. — Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for bump up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup