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Move up
verb
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Verb
- 1 To put (something) higher or further.; To promote, put onto a higher level. transitive
"[…] Queeg was obtaining a command for which he was rather young. “They’re moving you fellows up now pretty fast.”"
- 2 move upward wordnet
- 3 To put (something) higher or further.; To raise, put onto a higher place. transitive
- 4 move to a better position in life or to a better job wordnet
- 5 To put (something) higher or further.; To put higher on a list. transitive
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- 6 To reschedule (something) to an earlier date or time. US, transitive
"The meeting was moved up to Tuesday."
- 7 To move higher.; To be promoted. intransitive
- 8 To move higher.; To pass to a higher level. intransitive
- 9 To move one's position to allow others to occupy a place. intransitive
"Can you move up to the next seat so we can sit together, please?"
- 10 To move forward (especially when waiting in a queue / line). intransitive
"I was standing on the platform waiting for the people to let me into the car, and this beast, this conductor, hollered at me, ‘Come on you, move up!’ […] I said, ‘it’s the people ahead of me, who won’t move up,’"
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