to bump

Examples

• All

• NOTE: I'll be bumping this up to the top every now and then through the holidays, just as a reminder.

  Blog text (16)

• I just wanted to say thanks again for taking the time to write about G tubes and really bump it up into the public consciousness.

  Blog text (13)

• Listen, guys, we need to bump this up, okay?

  Deepwater Horizon (2016)

• I gotta bump this up to my captain.

  Fire Serpent (2007)

• I'm going to need to bump my limit.

• I know that if I were in control and read this, I would bump it to the top of the pile.

  Blog text (31)

• Why don't you bump that up to your captain?

  Fire Serpent (2007)

• The article will get bumped up to the top for the whole day so that more people can see it on the front page.

  Blog text (8)

• We can bump the thread if it disappears, but I can't see that happening.

  Blog text (15)

• I'm going to bump this post so more people can see it.

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

Idioms

B

bump in the road

• Informal

20 3.7

A small problem that slows progress for a short time

Phrasal Verbs

B

to bump into

112 2.2

To meet someone by chance in a public place

B

to bump into

35 2.1

To hit someone or something by accident while moving

B

to bump up

33 3.4

To raise prices or amounts by a lot

B

to bump off

• Offensive

11 9.3

To kill someone on purpose, usually secretly and as part of a crime

H

to hit a bump

4 5.8

Face a problem that slows progress or makes things harder

B

to bump around

1 4.2

To move in a rough, unsteady way while being knocked or pushed

B

to bump up the budget

1 3.9

To increase the money available for a project or plan

B

to bump up the volume

1 3.4

Make the sound louder by turning the volume control

B

to bump purse

• Slang

9.8

To share the cost of something by paying together

Compounds

G

goose bump

• US

27 3.0

A small raised spot on your skin when you feel cold, scared, or excited

S

speed bump

16 2.5

A raised strip across a road that makes cars slow down

S

speed bump

• Informal

10 3.2

A problem that slows progress in a project

B

bump in the schedule

5.9

A small unexpected delay in a planned schedule

How Visible

to bump

• Jargon

2 7.8

to reply

441 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology