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.
Antonym: COME DOWN IN THE WORLD.
COME UP IN THE WORLD
Meaning of COME UP IN THE WORLD in English
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012