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1. Move to a better position in life or to a better job
   - ascend, rise
    
2. Move upward
   "The fog moved up";
   - rise, lift, arise, go up, come up, uprise
    
3. Adjust (esp. seating) position in order to make room for another person
   - move over, budge up, budge over, scooch up, scooch over

Derived forms: moved up, moving up, moves up

See also: rise

Type of: change, go, locomote, move, travel

Antonym: descend