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come up in the world
Idioms and Phrases
see come up , def. 4.Example Sentences
"To join the army meant to come up in the world," Yarovenko said.
“These guys come up in the world of throwing the football. That’s all they do. They watch all these mobile quarterbacks, and they emulate them. You see young guys who are trying to play like Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes. You’re going to see more guys come in ready to play. … Throwing the football is not new for these guys.”
They held a lot of sway — and respect — especially in rural places, like Peanut, that wanted to come up in the world.
“Salome” has come up in the world.
Most of them, including Aunt Loma, thought Miss Love would join their congregation with Grandpa “for the same reason she married him—to come up in the world.”
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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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