bump up

present singular third person bumps up · participle present bumping up · participle past bumped up · past bumped up

1. idiomatictransitiveTo increase something suddenly.
2. idiomatictransitiveTo promote a person to a higher grade.
3. idiomatictransitiveTo give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
4. idiomaticintransitiveTo bump into something; to collide with something.

   It bumps up on the wall here.

5. idiomaticintransitiveTo figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something.

   The program is bumping up on its fiscal cap.

   1 more example

   The legalization movement bumped up against political realities.

6. transitivebroadcastingTo transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format.

   Antonyms: bump down