RISE IN THE WORLD


Meaning of RISE IN THE WORLD in English

{v. phr.} To gain success, wealth, or importance in life; rise to a position of greater wealth or importance. * /He had come up in the world since he peddled his wife's baked goods from a pushcart./ Compare: GET AHEAD. Contrast: COME DOWN IN THE WORLD.

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.