rise above

verb

rose above; risen above; rising above; rises above

1

: to not allow oneself to be hurt or controlled by (something bad or harmful)

It's time to rise above petty bickering/politics.

2

: to be or become better than (something)

The quality of the food never rises above average.

Examples of rise above in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yet, there was one area where the noise rose above the typical buzz from the first practice of training camp. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Bitcoin little changed as short-covering rally fades Bitcoin was trading flat Wednesday after briefly rise above $81,000 on Tuesday. — Lee Ying Shan,ananya Chetia, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

According to Strategas, once US debt-servicing costs, as a percentage of tax revenues, rise above 14%, there tends to be fiscal strain and austerity. — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Built by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the International Lunar Observatory Association in Hawaii, the telescope will take panoramic snapshots of the Milky Way rising above the southern rim of Shackleton Crater. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for rise above

• hereinabove
• dove
• glove
• love
• of
• shove
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof