UPSTART


Meaning of UPSTART in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌpstɑ:(r)t ]

( upstarts)

You can refer to someone as an upstart when they behave as if they are important, but you think that they are too new in a place or job to be treated as important.

Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

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