rise above

phrasal 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

Before the Big 12 title game on Saturday at AT&T Stadium, league commissioner Brett Yormark discussed his hope that a few teams would clearly rise above the others. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 2025

The Future of Life Institute’s latest AI safety index found that major AI labs fell short on most measures of AI responsibility, with few letter grades rising above a C. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025

Geminid meteors will appear to streak away from a patch of sky in the constellation Gemini close to the bright star Castor, which can be found rising above the eastern horizon a few hours after sunset in December, shining to the upper right of the gas giant Jupiter. —Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025

Untreated surfaces will be slippery through Saturday morning until temperatures rise above freezing. —Cutter Martin, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for rise above

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