UPSTART


Meaning of UPSTART in English

(~s)

You can refer to someone as an ~ 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 ~.

N-COUNT disapproval

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