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English Idioms :: rise
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rise.html - See: GET A RISE OUT OF, GIVE RISE TO. |
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English Idioms :: rise from the ashes
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rise.html - {v. phr.} To rise from ruin; start anew. * /A year after flunking out of medical school, Don rose from the ashes and passed his qualifying exams for the M.D. with honors./ |
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English Idioms :: rise in the world
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rise.html - {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. |
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English Idioms :: rise in the world
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rise.html - {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. |
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English Idioms :: rise to
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rise.html - {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./ |
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English Idioms :: rise up
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rise.html - {v. phr.} To stage a rebellion; revolt. * /The people finally rose up and communism came to an end in Eastern Europe./ |
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