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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If Congress passes and Trump signs his huge tax cut bill, there may be a bump up in consumer and business spending but also rising deficits and debt, which will likely raise interest rates and curtail new investment.
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Harry Holzer, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Johnson This is an interesting collection of receivers, and there are decent odds that whomever takes control as the team’s fourth receiver will have to bump up to No. 3 at some point — Reynolds has played only one full season since 2020 and Lazard never has.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Payne did not play in Game 3 after Delon Wright and Landry Shamet were bumped up a spot in the rotation.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
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.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 18 June 2025
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Harry Holzer, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Johnson This is an interesting collection of receivers, and there are decent odds that whomever takes control as the team’s fourth receiver will have to bump up to No. 3 at some point — Reynolds has played only one full season since 2020 and Lazard never has.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Payne did not play in Game 3 after Delon Wright and Landry Shamet were bumped up a spot in the rotation.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
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.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 18 June 2025
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“Bump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20up. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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