move up (2) Meaning to move someone to a higher position, a higher level, a higher ranking, etc. For example Debbies teacher said shed made great progress this term, so shes moving Debbie up to the next grade. After winning the French Open, Rafael moved up in the rankings. ━━━━━━━━━━━ #Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day @EnglishoftheDay 5.3K views03:30