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bottom of the ladder
Idioms and Phrases
Lowest or most junior position in a hierarchy. For example, If we hire you, you'll have to begin at the bottom of the ladder . The rungs of a ladder have been likened to a step-wise progression since the 14th century. Also see low man on the totem pole .Example Sentences
I am not confused by it, and neither is anyone else who is struggling at the bottom of the ladder.
"Unless we can move on, it’s going to harm the people at the bottom of the ladder."
They were holding the bottom of the ladder to keep it from swaying as people climbed to safety.
Mr Ratcliff said those carrying out the crimes are often at the bottom of the ladder, carrying all the risk and seeing none of the reward.
It's in everybody's interests, top and bottom of the ladder.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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