bump up
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bump up
verb bumps up · bumping up · bumped up
- To increase something suddenly.
- To promote a person to a higher grade.
- To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
- To bump into something; to collide with something. It bumps up on the wall here.
- To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something. The legalization movement bumped up against political realities.
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To transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format.
Opposite: bump down
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verb to increase something suddenly
| Français | faire un bond |
|---|---|
| Русский | увели́чивать uvelíčivatʹ, повыша́ть povyšátʹ |
verb to promote a person to a higher grade
| Français | promouvoir |
|---|---|
| Русский | повыша́ть povyšátʹ |
verb to give a more prominent place to
| Français | avancer |
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@misc{bump_up_2026,
title = {bump up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bump%20up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
