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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Apple has bumped up the official trade-in values of all its iPad models, with some models getting an increase of up to $35. —

Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 1 Dec. 2024 Buybacks essentially reduce the amount of shares in circulation, bumping up the price, and are one of the ways companies can reward shareholders. —

Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024 But a bump up to Sebastian Aho’s left does wonders for his value. —

Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024 Coinciding with today’s MacBook Pro announcements, Apple is also bumping up the base configurations of M2 and M3 MacBook Air models from 8GB of RAM to 16GB, starting at $999 for the M2. —

Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bump up