up
adverb
to, toward, or in a more elevated position.
had upped
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past perfectof up.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By Saturday morning, crews had upped containment to 73%, compared to 37% Tuesday, thanks to the nearly 5,000-person crew’s backfiring operations and aerial attacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025
He had already tried and failed treatment with those drugs at lower doses, and it was Loftus who had upped the doses, leading to his remission from severe colitis.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2023
By the end of Thursday, they had upped that number to 19, Tate-Techtmann said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
Mr Abbott said when he moved house last year he was able to put up more lights, and had "upped it this year".
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2021
Inns on the route had upped their rates; ferrymen were charging extra to transport people and carriages across rivers.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
