push up

Verb

push up (third-person singular simple present pushes up, present participle pushing up, simple past and past participle pushed up)

1. (transitive) To 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