rise through the ranks
Definition of rise through the ranks
: to begin a career (with a company or institution) with little power or authority and gradually gain more power and authority She rose through the ranks of the company to become president.
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: 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
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