bump up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

bump up (third-person singular simple present bumps up, present participle bumping up, simple past and past participle bumped up)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To increase something suddenly.
2. (transitive, idiomatic) To promote a person to a higher grade.
3. (transitive, idiomatic) To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
4. (intransitive, idiomatic) To bump into something; to collide with something.

   It bumps up on the wall here.

5. (intransitive, idiomatic) To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something.

   The legalization movement bumped up against political realities.

   The program is bumping up on its fiscal cap.

Translations

to increase something suddenly

• French: faire un bond
• Russian: (внеза́пно (ru) (vnezápno)) увели́чивать (ru) (uvelíčivatʹ), повыша́ть (ru) (povyšátʹ)

to promote a person to a higher grade

• French: promouvoir (fr)
• Russian: повыша́ть (ru) (povyšátʹ)

to give a more prominent place to

• French: avancer (fr)