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bump up
verb
informalÌý(tr, adverb) to raise or increase
prices are being bumped up daily
Idioms and Phrases
Suddenly increase, as in Oil-producing nations decided to bump up the price of oil . This term is used mainly for prices or other figures. [ Colloquial ; 1930s]
Give a promotion. For example, Kevin hoped to be bumped up to first class , or After five years, she expected they would bump her up to vice-president . [ Slang ; second half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
Olsen: This second season of “Andor,†you all have said that it’s the end of the story because it bumps up against “Rogue One†—
But that history is constantly being readjusted and reconfigured depending on the narrator’s state of mind and the different versions they’re confronted with when they bump up against other people’s memories and narratives.
In the new lineup, Hernández was bumped up to second from the cleanup spot.
Spotify has already bumped up the price of its premium plan in the UK.
She and other experts are “predicting a little bit of a bump up in the coming months because of these tariffs.â€
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