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up⋅size

[uhp-sahyz]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -sized, -sizing.
to increase in size, as by hiring additional employees; expand: to upsize a business.

Origin:
1985–90
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up·size   (ŭp'sīz')   
v.   up·sized, up·siz·ing, up·siz·es

v.   intr.
To become greater or larger: "the chief executives ... saw the combined value of their share options upsize by $36.6 million on the day [the] layoffs were announced" (The Economist).
v.   tr.
To make greater or larger: "My plan will ... upsize the amount of money Americans get to keep" (Bob Dole).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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