Meaning of bump up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To increase something suddenly.
   idiomatic, transitive
2. To promote a person to a higher grade.
   idiomatic, transitive
3. To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
   idiomatic, transitive
4. To bump into something; to collide with something.
   idiomatic, intransitive
5. To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something.
   idiomatic, intransitive
6. To transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“It bumps up on the wall here.”

“The legalization movement bumped up against political realities.”

“The program⟳ is bumping up on its fiscal cap.”

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