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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Provisions which nearly doubled the standard deduction, upped the monetary thresholds for tax brackets, lowered the top tax rate and bumped up the child tax credit are set to expire at the end of 2025.
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Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Races with larger fields are always good for this type of speculation as the money is more evenly spread and that bumps up the reward.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Meanwhile, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander mothers had the lowest, bumping up from 24.8 to 25.2 years of age.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 13 June 2025
Continuing claims, which are filed by people who have received unemployment insurance for at least a week or more, continue to bump up against a three-and-a-half-year high.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
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Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Races with larger fields are always good for this type of speculation as the money is more evenly spread and that bumps up the reward.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Meanwhile, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander mothers had the lowest, bumping up from 24.8 to 25.2 years of age.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 13 June 2025
Continuing claims, which are filed by people who have received unemployment insurance for at least a week or more, continue to bump up against a three-and-a-half-year high.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
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“Bump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20up. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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