from humble origins

idiom

: from a family that did not have high social status or much money

He comes from humble origins.

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Mattea Conforti plays Becka, a girl from humble origins who attends school with Gilead’s elite. —Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2025

So why not recount his rise from humble origins to hitmaker with actual LEGOs? —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024

New data reveal a hidden epidemic July 7, 2023 Gálvez, an engineer and tech entrepreneur from humble origins, has faced withering broadsides from López Obrador, who has depicted her as tool of Fox and the rich. —Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023

Rising from humble origins in Scotland, Roy took a modest family-run printing business and built it into Waystar Royco, one of the largest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world. —Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2023

Both Demings and Rubio rose from humble origins to the top tiers of their respective political parties. —Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2022

As much as any other local craft brewer, Lakewood mirrors the journey of the North Texas craft beer scene from humble origins to its explosion. —Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2022

Logan Roy, the patriarch on Succession, is an immigrant from humble origins turned the ultimate barbarian at the gate. —Jason Diamond, Town & Country, 14 Feb. 2022

His until recently unmatched and legendary career stemmed from humble origins, beginning on the gridiron of the small south Arkansas burg of Fordyce. —Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2021