noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE ), TV
▪ pop , rock
▪ major-league , NBA , NFL (all AmE )
▪ global , Hollywood , international
VERB + STARDOM
▪ achieve , rise to , rocket to , shoot to
▪ rocket sb to , shoot sb to
▪
Her number one single shot her to ~.
▪ be destined for , be tipped for ( BrE )
▪
This young tennis player is being tipped for ~.
▪ be groomed for
▪
He was groomed for ~ by his father.
PHRASES
▪ be on the brink of ~ , be on the verge of ~
▪
The band was on the brink of rock ~.
▪ sb's rise to ~
▪
her meteoric rise to ~
▪ the road to ~
▪
He set out on the lonely road to ~ early in life.