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

It was changed to June 4, 2028 before being moved up to April 25, 2028, and then bumped up once more to April 9, 2028. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026

The addition of Coronado will bump up the number of accounts by approximately 10,000. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2026

That should allow his receivers more time to turn up the field and bump up their yards-after-catch numbers. — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

These more affordable watch lines also reportedly get the bump up to a Snapdragon Wear Elite processor, from the Exynos W1000 used in the current generation. — Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Rhymes for bump up

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