come up in the world

come up in the world
move up in the world & come up in the world
Fig. to advance (oneself) and become successful. •

The harder I work, the more I move up in the world.

Keep your eye on John. He's really coming up in the world.

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or[rise in the world] {v. phr.} To gain success, wealth, or importance in life; rise to a position of greater wealth or importance. * /He had come up in the world since he peddled his wife's baked goods from a pushcart./ Compare: GET AHEAD. Contrast: COME DOWN IN THE WORLD.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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