bump up


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bump up

vb
(tr, adverb) informal to raise or increase: prices are being bumped up daily.
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Verb1.bump up - increase or raise; "OPEC bumped up the price of oil"
raise - raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"
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Translations

w>bump up

vt sep (inf) (→ auf +acc) prices, total → erhöhen; salary → aufbessern
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