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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Most everyday laptops still have a 60Hz refresh rate, but among gaming laptops, even budget models have bumped up the baseline these days; some titles will be able to push frame rates beyond 60fps with less powerful hardware.
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PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Goldfarb expects to have to raise prices in the mid- to high-single-digit range, holding steady for $5 T-shirts and making up for it with a $5 to $10 bump up on more expensive coats.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
That number bumped up closer to around 9,125 in 2022-23.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
In Georgia, their Orthodox Patriarch similarly bumped up the status of children and fertility [by promising to personally baptize any baby born to parents who already have at least two children].
—Noel King, Vox, 23 Mar. 2025
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PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Goldfarb expects to have to raise prices in the mid- to high-single-digit range, holding steady for $5 T-shirts and making up for it with a $5 to $10 bump up on more expensive coats.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
That number bumped up closer to around 9,125 in 2022-23.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
In Georgia, their Orthodox Patriarch similarly bumped up the status of children and fertility [by promising to personally baptize any baby born to parents who already have at least two children].
—Noel King, Vox, 23 Mar. 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 4 Apr. 2025.
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