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bumped up

bumped up is the simple past and past participle of bump up.

Meaning of bump up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To increase something suddenly.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To promote a person to a higher grade.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
  4. (idiomatic, intransitive) To bump into something; to collide with something.
    • It bumps up on the wall here.
  5. (idiomatic, intransitive) To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something.
    • The legalization movement bumped up against political realities.
  6. (transitive) To transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format.
    Antonyms:
    bump down

Questions about bumped up

What is bumped up the simple past and past participle of?
Bumped up is the simple past and past participle of bump up.

Words near bumped up in the dictionary

  1. bumped off
  2. bumped on
  3. bumped one's gums
  4. bumped purses
  5. bumped uglies
  6. bumped up
  7. bumpee
  8. bumpees
  9. bumper
  10. bumper bar
  11. bumper bars

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