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moves up

moves up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 moves up

What is moves up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Moves up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of move up.

Words near moves up in the dictionary

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

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