Move up

verb

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Verb
  1. 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. 2
    move upward wordnet
  3. 3
    To put (something) higher or further.; To raise, put onto a higher place. transitive
  4. 4
    move to a better position in life or to a better job wordnet
  5. 5
    To put (something) higher or further.; To put higher on a list. transitive
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  1. 6
    To reschedule (something) to an earlier date or time. US, transitive

    "The meeting was moved up to Tuesday."

  2. 7
    To move higher.; To be promoted. intransitive
  3. 8
    To move higher.; To pass to a higher level. intransitive
  4. 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?"

  5. 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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