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.

Examples of bump up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The second film was originally scheduled for release on Christmas 2025, but now it’s being bumped up. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 May 2024 By February, that speculation had bumped up the price to more than $6,000 a ton, eventually culminating in April’s extreme numbers. —

Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 May 2024 Under those circumstances, a few very lucky passengers might be bumped up to first or business class for free in what's known as an operational upgrade. —

Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024 The current deficit, which the administration on Friday bumped up by about $7 billion from $38 billion to nearly $45 billion, stemmed from a revenue decline in fiscal year 2022-23, with the latest state tax receipts bringing in revenues below the expectations of Newsom’s Department of Finance. —

David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024 Most importantly, unchecked transmission among cattle means the virus is increasingly bumping up against humans. —

Michael Mina, TIME, 9 May 2024 Some people are born with an extra set of ribs or digits, bumping up their final total. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024 The proposals are viewed as an attempt to try to bump up Democratic turnout. —

Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2024 She was bumped up to co-anchor for the full morning newscast three months later. —

Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024

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