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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Scott Anderson, chief U.S. economist at BMO Economics bumped up his 2025 economic growth forecast to about 2.2% from 1.9%. Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024 Breaking down the pricing a little more, Apple bumped up the starting memory in all of its computers to 16GB from the former 8GB baseline without changing prices. PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024 Prescription drug costs Harris has proposed accelerating Medicare drug negotiations, bumping up the number of drugs eligible for bargaining. Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024 Memory is now 16GB standard, and the wide-angle sensor has been bumped up from 50 to 200 megapixels. Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bump up 

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“Bump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20up. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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