rise through the ranks

: to assume an upright position especially from lying, kneeling, or sitting

: to get up from sleep or from one's bed

: to return from death

: a spot higher than surrounding ground : hilltop

: an upward slope

: an act of rising or a state of being risen: such as

: luxuriantly or excessively vigorous in growth

: offensively gross or coarse : foul

: grown too large

: row, series

: a row of people

: a line of soldiers ranged side by side in close order

: to arrange in lines or in a regular formation

: to determine the relative position of : rate

: to take precedence of