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.
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About half of housing providers who requested to bump up their rents are cooperating with this request, said Loretta Owens, the Denver Housing Authority’s director of the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
Google’s cash cow of search has proven resilient, too, giving the company cover to bump up its own capital spending plans to $85 billion for the year.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 31 July 2025
Last week, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, bumped up its 2025 capital spending forecast by $10 billion to $85 billion.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 30 July 2025
Smaller changes to federal rules are poised to bump up patients' bills as well.
—Noam Levey, NPR, 25 July 2025
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
Google’s cash cow of search has proven resilient, too, giving the company cover to bump up its own capital spending plans to $85 billion for the year.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 31 July 2025
Last week, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, bumped up its 2025 capital spending forecast by $10 billion to $85 billion.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 30 July 2025
Smaller changes to federal rules are poised to bump up patients' bills as well.
—Noam Levey, NPR, 25 July 2025
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“Bump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20up. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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