bump up

augmenter, relever

Augmenter rapidement une quantité, un nombre ou un niveau.

En anglais simple : To quickly raise an amount, number, or level.

• They bumped up the price.
• The company bumped our pay up last month.
• Will extra demand bump up the cost?

Comment l'utiliser : bump something up by an amount (They bumped the rent up by fifty pounds.); bump something up to an amount (We bumped the budget up to ten thousand dollars.)

Synonymes : raise, increase, hike

Contraires : lower, reduce

Expressions courantes : bump up prices, bump up wages

se heurter à

Se heurter à un problème, une règle ou une opposition qui rend la progression difficile.

En anglais simple : To meet a problem, rule, or opposing force that makes progress difficult.

• We bumped up against a legal problem.
• Their ambitions keep bumping up against financial limits.
• The reform movement bumped up against strong political opposition.

Comment l'utiliser : bump up against something (Our plans bumped up against strict safety rules.)

Synonymes : come up against, encounter

Expressions courantes : bump up against, bump up against limits

promouvoir, faire passer

Faire passer quelqu’un à un grade, un rang ou une classe supérieure.

En anglais simple : To move someone to a higher grade, rank, or class.

• They bumped him up a grade.
• She was bumped up to a senior role.
• Could the school bump our daughter up to the next class?

Comment l'utiliser : bump someone up to a grade/rank (They bumped her up to the senior class.)

Synonymes : promote

Contraires : demote

Expressions courantes : bump up someone, bump up students

faire remonter, avancer

Placer quelqu’un ou quelque chose plus haut ou plus en vue dans une liste ou un ordre.

En anglais simple : To move someone or something to an earlier or more noticeable place in a list or order.

• They bumped my name up the list.
• The editor bumped the story up to the front page.
• Can urgent cases be bumped up the queue?

Comment l'utiliser : bump someone/something up the list/queue (The hospital bumped her up the waiting list.)

Synonymes : advance, move up

Expressions courantes : bump up someone, bump up something

heurter, cogner

Heurter quelque chose en se déplaçant.

En anglais simple : To hit something while moving.

• The boat bumped up against the dock.
• My head bumped up against the low ceiling.
• The loose panel bumps up on the frame when the door closes.

Comment l'utiliser : bump up against something (The cart bumped up against the wall.)

Synonymes : bump into, collide with

Expressions courantes : bump up against, bump up on

transférer sur une bande plus large

Copier une vidéo enregistrée sur un type de bande étroite vers un type de bande plus large.

En anglais simple : To copy recorded video from a narrower type of tape onto a wider type.

• The editor bumped up the footage.
• We bumped the recording up to a wider tape format.
• Can this old tape be bumped up for editing?

Comment l'utiliser : bump something up to a format (The studio bumped the footage up to a wider tape format.)

Synonymes : transfer, copy

Expressions courantes : bump up footage, bump up tapes