upping

Verb

up (third-person singular simple present ups, present participle upping, simple past and past participle upped)

1. (in-certain-phrases, poetic, transitive) To physically raise or lift.
   • We upped anchor and sailed away.
2. (colloquial, transitive) To increase the level or amount of.
   • If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says.
3. (colloquial, transitive) To promote.
   • It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
4. (in-compounds, intransitive, often) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
   • She was sitting there quietly, then all of a sudden she upped and left.
5. (archaic, intransitive, poetic) To ascend; to climb up.
   • "Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?".1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies, page 10
6. (slang, transitive) To upload.
   • 100 new apps and games have just been upped.

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