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)
- 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
- To raise, put onto a higher place.
- To put higher on a list.
- To reschedule (something) to an earlier date or time.
- The meeting was moved up to Tuesday.
- Synonyms:
- move forward, prepone
- Antonyms:
- move back
- To be promoted.
- To pass to a higher level.
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.
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