English Explanatory Dictionary

rise through the ranks

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To gradually advance in an organization to positions of more importance after having served in subordinate ones.

Word forms

rise through the ranks rises through the ranks rising through the ranks rose through the ranks risen through the ranks

Synonyms

rise from the ranks

Related words

through the hawsehole work one's way up
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