rise\ in\ the\ world

rise\ in\ the\ world
• come up in the world
• 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

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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