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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In recent years, preservation has solidly bumped up against progress. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025 Maybe Happy Ending, starring Darren Criss, was one of few shows to see an increase in grosses last week, bumping up about $10,000 from the prior week, to $903,408 and increasing capacity to 97 percent. Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025 The average basket bumped up to 61.1 euros per order, from 60.4 in the same period last year, with 58.5 million orders – 3.3 million more year-over-year. Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 6 May 2025 Membership of the Women’s Championship doesn’t come with a specified minimum spend, but does mean clubs have to meet certain requirements — and hire certain staff — that naturally bump up how much a team costs to run. Steve Madeley, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bump up

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“Bump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20up. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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