"upping" meaning in English

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        "present participle and gerund of up"
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          "up",
          "up#English"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌpɪŋ/"
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      "rhymes": "-ʌpɪŋ"
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  "word": "upping"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "uppings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ante-upping"
        },
        {
          "word": "swan upping"
        },
        {
          "word": "upping stone"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1942, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons",
          "text": "He announced, I believe, that it was far better, instead of making uniform uppings of all allowances, to provide for cases where need arose. I have not before me to-night figures as to dependents' allowances paid in other places.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program, Investigation of the national defense program",
          "text": "Yes; I personally believe that we can meet it if we are willing to bear down hard enough and make quickly enough a set of decisions that will lead toward sharp uppings of our production.",
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        "The act of increasing something."
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌpɪŋ/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌpɪŋ"
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  ],
  "word": "upping"
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        "present participle and gerund of up"
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          "up",
          "up#English"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌpɪŋ/"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ante-upping"
    },
    {
      "word": "swan upping"
    },
    {
      "word": "upping stone"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program, Investigation of the national defense program",
          "text": "Yes; I personally believe that we can meet it if we are willing to bear down hard enough and make quickly enough a set of decisions that will lead toward sharp uppings of our production.",
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        }
      ],
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  "word": "upping"
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