edge up
B2 neutral inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To go up little by little, like a price or number going up slowly.
Literal meaning: To move upward along the edge — very gradually, staying close to the line.
Meanings
1 B2 neutral
(Of a number, price, or rate) to rise slowly and incrementally.
"Petrol prices have been edging up steadily since the start of the year."
Grammar: inseparable
2 B2 neutral
To move physically closer to something or someone in a slow, cautious way.
"He edged up to the window and carefully peeked outside."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Very common in financial and economic reporting. Frequently used to describe prices, interest rates, poll numbers, or temperatures rising incrementally. Also used literally for physical movement. Standard in both British and American journalism.
Commonly used with
price rate temperature score percentage poll
Forms
Base
edge up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
edges up
he/she/it
Past simple
edged up
yesterday
Past participle
edged up
have + pp
-ing form
edging up
continuous
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