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{v.} To succeed in doing what is expected by trying especially hard in or on; show that you are able to do or say what is needed or proper in or on. * /Jane was surprised when the principal handed her the prize, but she rose to the occasion with a speech of thanks./ * /When Michael became sick on the day before the program, Paul rose to the need and learned Michael's part./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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