push up

present singular third person pushes up · participle present pushing up · participle past pushed up · past pushed up

1. transitiveTo make (something) higher; to increase.

   In a unanimous decision, the Fed's open market committee pushed up its federal funds rate by a quarter point to 1.25% and hinted that it would adopt a measured approach to any future increases.

   2004 July 1, Larry Elliott, “Fed turns tide on US interest rates”, in The Guardian

2. To arise or jut out from; to thrust from.

   The slab and piles will work together to resist 'ground heave' (the upward movement of the ground as it tries to push up into the box).

   2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60