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

There would be preseason practices where Minter’s voice didn’t rise above the din of a typical training camp workout. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Past a thin line of trees, metal stacks rise above the fence, and exhaust shimmers in the heat. — Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

According to a Goldman Sachs analysis, the price could rise above $120 a barrel. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

But the jet rose above the normal path aircraft take on their approach to Runway 30 before dropping altitude to return back into proper position, tracking data from Flightradar24 showed. — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for rise above

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