move up

monter en grade, progresser

Obtenir un poste supérieur au travail ou atteindre un niveau plus avancé.

En anglais simple : To reach a higher position at work or a more advanced level.

• She wants to move up at work.
• He moved up to the senior team last year.
• How quickly can a new employee move up?

Comment l'utiliser : move up to something (She moved up to the senior class.); move up in something (He hopes to move up in the company.)

Synonymes : advance, rise, get promoted

Expressions courantes : move up quickly, move up a level, move up the ladder

avancer

Changer la date ou l’heure prévue d’un événement pour qu’il ait lieu plus tôt.

En anglais simple : To change the planned time of an event so it happens earlier.

• Can we move the meeting up?
• They moved our flight up by an hour.
• The wedding has been moved up to June.

Comment l'utiliser : move something up to a time/date (They moved the interview up to Monday.); move something up by an amount of time (We moved the deadline up by two days.)

Synonymes : bring forward, reschedule earlier

Contraires : put back, postpone

Expressions courantes : move up something, move something up

promouvoir, faire monter

Donner à quelqu’un un poste supérieur ou le placer dans un groupe de niveau plus avancé.

En anglais simple : To give someone a higher position or put them in a more advanced group.

• They moved him up to the next class.
• The company will move her up to a management role.
• Can we move this player up to the first team?

Comment l'utiliser : move someone up to something (They moved her up to the senior team.)

Synonymes : promote, advance

Contraires : demote

Expressions courantes : move up a player, move someone up

remonter, monter

Placer quelque chose plus haut qu’avant.

En anglais simple : To put something in a physically higher position.

• Move the picture up a little.
• We moved the boxes up to the attic.
• Can you move that shelf up a few inches?

Comment l'utiliser : move something up to something (Move the box up to the top shelf.)

Synonymes : raise, lift

Contraires : lower

Expressions courantes : move up something, move something up

se pousser, se décaler

Se décaler là où l’on est assis ou debout pour laisser de la place à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To change where you are sitting or standing so someone else has space.

• Please move up so I can sit down.
• We moved up to make room for another passenger.
• Could you move up a little on the bench?

Synonymes : move over, shift over

Expressions courantes : move up a seat, move up a little

remonter dans la liste

Placer quelqu’un ou quelque chose plus près du haut d’une liste ou d’un classement.

En anglais simple : To put someone or something closer to the top of a list or ranking.

• Move this task up the list.
• They moved our song up to third place on the chart.
• Should we move that candidate up the rankings?

Comment l'utiliser : move someone/something up the list (We moved her name up the list.)

Synonymes : raise, rank higher

Contraires : lower

Expressions courantes : move up something, move someone up