bump up
verb- 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.· The program is bumping up on its fiscal cap.
- To transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format.
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