move up

fare carriera, avanzare

Raggiungere una posizione superiore sul lavoro o un livello più avanzato.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: move up to something (She moved up to the senior class.); move up in something (He hopes to move up in the company.)

Sinonimi: advance, rise, get promoted

Espressioni comuni: move up quickly, move up a level, move up the ladder

anticipare

Cambiare la data o l’ora prevista di un evento in modo che avvenga prima.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: 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.)

Sinonimi: bring forward, reschedule earlier

Contrari: put back, postpone

Espressioni comuni: move up something, move something up

promuovere

Dare a qualcuno una posizione superiore o inserirlo in un gruppo di livello più avanzato.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: move someone up to something (They moved her up to the senior team.)

Sinonimi: promote, advance

Contrari: demote

Espressioni comuni: move up a player, move someone up

alzare, spostare in alto

Spostare qualcosa in un punto fisicamente più alto.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: move something up to something (Move the box up to the top shelf.)

Sinonimi: raise, lift

Contrari: lower

Espressioni comuni: move up something, move something up

spostarsi, fare posto

Spostarsi da dove si è seduti o in piedi per lasciare spazio a un’altra persona.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: move over, shift over

Espressioni comuni: move up a seat, move up a little

far salire in classifica

Collocare qualcuno o qualcosa più vicino alla cima di un elenco o di una classifica.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: move someone/something up the list (We moved her name up the list.)

Sinonimi: raise, rank higher

Contrari: lower

Espressioni comuni: move up something, move someone up