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%.
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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
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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
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“Bump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20up. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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