upgrade to

upgrade to (something)

1. To acquire or move up to some better thing, position, rank, location, etc. After I got my tax refund, I decided to upgrade to a much better computer. I'm so happy we upgraded to first class—this is such a better way to fly!
2. To move or improve someone or something to a better or higher rank, position, grade, quality, etc. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "upgrade" and "to." We've been upgrading the entire department to a new state-of-the-art security system. Forecasters have upgraded the storm to a level-three alert. We've upgraded you to the penthouse suite to make up for our error.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

upgrade someone or something to something

to raise someone or something to a higher grade or rank. Please upgrade me to first class. They upgraded the terrorist alert status to red.
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upgrade to something

to move up to a higher grade or rank. I would like to upgrade to a first-class seat. Please upgrade me to a better room.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be better placed
  • be well, ideally, better, etc. placed for something/to do something
  • ideally
  • all the better
  • all to the better
  • so much the better
  • couldn't be better
  • better half, my
  • make a better door than a window
  • it is better to be born lucky than rich
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Riley FBR with analyst Sameet Sinha citing the company's better than expected Q3 results and increased business visibility for the upgrade to Neutral.
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There's no word yet if Google plans to bring the free upgrade to other countries.
Google Play Movies Upgrades Purchased Titles To 4K For Free
12 -- The "Get Windows 10" notification on your desktop will now be forcing you more than ever before to upgrade to Windows 10 after the most recent update.
"Get Windows 10" app gets even more persistent
Free upgrade to 4* hotel selected dates Barcelona PS199 2 nights central 2* hotel.
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Microsoft has said that customers who downloaded and installed the free "Windows 8 Release Preview" will be able to upgrade to the paid version of the OS, but that those running thefree trial of Windows 8 Enterprise RTM, or "release to manufacturing," which debuted in August, cannot.
Microsoft begins Windows 8 upgrade sales
Avistele monitors trends for which upgrades are most requested and exercises careful planning to determine which homes to upgrade to meet the demand.
Customizable comfort and beauty: interior design options let residents choose their own tailor-fit upgrades
Amazon, on the other hand, dropped the price of Home Premium Upgrade to $59.95, a savings of $60, or 50%.
Microsoft deal discounts Windows 7 upgrades by 58%
Funds have been allocated for an avionics upgrade to begin in late FY 05 and end in FY 09 during the HH-60J's third post-depot maintenance (PDM) cycle.
Coast Guard Aviation: service in transition
The final factor is how quickly the technology is changing, and how often customers will want to upgrade to new versions of the I/O standard.
OEMs need flexibility, upgradeability when integrating Fibre Channel support: understand the tradeoffs, know the options
MSDE is based on the same data engine as SQL Server, so those who choose to install MSDE can upgrade to SQL Server later if their needs demand, without changing their data configuration," said Robert T.
DATABASE MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM SUPPORTS MSDE
In addition to the upgrade to the first F/A-18E/F WTT, the initial contract awarded to Link earlier in 2003 also calls for building one new F/A-18E/F Tactical Operational Flight Trainer (TOFT) and upgrading an existing F/A-18E/F TOFT with the company's SimuSphere visual system display.
L-3 Communications awarded $9.9 million contract option to upgrade existing U.S. Navy F/A-18 Weapons Tactics Trainer
The availability or more correctly non-availability of spare parts for legacy process control systems can force an upgrade to avoid possible extended outages.
Powering up older systems: a guide to upgrading legacy systems--what does and does not work
The cost for a single user to upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Premiere for the Mac is $140, Corel Designer $200 and Microsoft Project Professional $500.
Should you upgrade your software? (technology today)
For example, if your organization wants to upgrade to paperless technology--that is, document imaging--don't run right out and buy a scanner and the associated optical-character-recognition software.
Time to upgrade: focus on computers, software, phone systems and staff training