bump up

verb

To increase something suddenly.
To promote a person to a higher grade.
To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
To bump into something; to collide with something.
“It bumps up on the wall here.”
To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something.
“The legalization movement bumped up against political realities.”
“The program is bumping up on its fiscal cap.”
To transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format.