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moved up

moved up is the simple past and past participle of move up.

Meaning of move up

Verb

move up (third-person singular simple present moves up, present participle moving up, simple past and past participle moved up)

  1. (transitive) To promote, put onto a higher level.
    • […] Queeg was obtaining a command for which he was rather young. “They’re moving you fellows up now pretty fast.”1951, Herman Wouk, chapter 11, in The Caine Mutiny, Boston: Little, Brown, published 2018
  2. (transitive) To raise, put onto a higher place.
  3. (transitive) To put higher on a list.
  4. (US, transitive) To reschedule (something) to an earlier date or time.
    • The meeting was moved up to Tuesday.
    Antonyms:
    move back
  5. (intransitive) To be promoted.
  6. (intransitive) To pass to a higher level.

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Questions about moved up

What is moved up the simple past and past participle of?
Moved up is the simple past and past participle of move up.

Words near moved up in the dictionary

  1. moved the needle
  2. moved the problem
  3. moved the yardsticks
  4. moved through the gears
  5. moved to
  6. moved up
  7. moved up in the world
  8. moved with
  9. moved with the times
  10. moved-in
  11. movedly

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