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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CrowdStrike bumped up its guidance for full-year earnings but maintained its expectation for revenue.
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 June 2025
What’s new is that Experience More bumps up the high-speed hotspot data to 60 GB, with unlimited 600kbps after that.
—Pcmag Brandx, PC Magazine, 2 June 2025
But over the last three rounds, that’s bumped up to a plus-68.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 31 May 2025
There's probably more value in gathering AI data and the annual subscriptions to the premium level of the Google Gemini AI client than there is in bumping up the profit margin by $50.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 June 2025
What’s new is that Experience More bumps up the high-speed hotspot data to 60 GB, with unlimited 600kbps after that.
—Pcmag Brandx, PC Magazine, 2 June 2025
But over the last three rounds, that’s bumped up to a plus-68.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 31 May 2025
There's probably more value in gathering AI data and the annual subscriptions to the premium level of the Google Gemini AI client than there is in bumping up the profit margin by $50.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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“Bump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20up. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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