level up

verb

leveled up or levelled up; leveling up or levelling up; levels up

transitive + intransitive

: to advance or improve (oneself, someone else, or something) in or as if in a game

Collect cards and magic potions, then level up your favourite dragons to increase their abilities.

—Animation Xpress

Staying competitive comes down to many factors, but one that's often overlooked, in my opinion, is the ongoing need to level up your marketing team.

—Sujan Patel

That [Kevin] Reilly has leveled up the brands of both networks is clear in their programming selections.

—Broadcasting and Cable

We provide nurses with the tools they need to level up their careers and their profession …

—News & Record (Greensboro, North Carolina)

Leveling up and finding new weapons, armor, or items give you plenty of incentive to keep slashing and button mashing away.

—Dan Hsu

Companies coax helpers to participate by offering points for useful answers, connecting total points to specific achievement levels, and encouraging users to level up, for even greater prestige.

—Paul McFedries

Examples of level up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Is this simply pushing the risks one level up to the US government (via Medicare) and one level down back to employees? —Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024

This fiery transit is all about leveling up and incorporating more joy and energy into your routines. —Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Nov. 2024

For those who enjoy listening to music from playlists, the provision of gapless playback at levels up to 24-bit/192kHz. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024

This move shows exactly how to level up from brand ambassador to brand executive. —Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 29 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

2003, in the meaning defined above