to move up
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3.2
- phrasal verb
- /muːv ʌp/
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ascender
- After working hard for several years, she finally managed to move up to a managerial position at her company.
- move up the ladder
- move up the ranks
So while I was out modeling, they were moving up in the ranks.
- So while I was out modeling, they were moving up in the ranks.
- You want to learn, you want to continue to kind of move up and improve your skills.
- What was it like when you got the call that they wanted you to move up to the UFC?
- And at some point they, he moved up and they had a they had a spot for an assistant engineer.
- And under this day, an Italian private equity firm that bought the business and she's, she's moved up in that organization as well.
- So I'm kind of moving up in the Seattle Poker Network, and I come to Boston.
- So that's, that's really like once you belong and feel a sense of belonging, then you move up Maslow's ladder to feeling self esteem.
- So if the Holiday Inn wants to move up to a higher price point, they had to hire a concierge, just like Four Seasons has a concierge.
- So I'm moving up, things are getting good for me.
- Have you had any thoughts of moving up or moving down?
- And This is why you see all sorts of people move up, move up, move up, fizzle out, fail.
- Fuck it, fuck and you know if they don't then let you move up higher go to HR.
- So for seven bits of hash, few grams of coke fraud, when did you move up to do the bigger bits?
Examples
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Over time, they were gradually promoted and moved up the corporate ladder.
Academic text (2012) -
So after graduating, Randy moved up the corporate ladder.
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You want to learn, you want to continue to kind of move up and improve your skills.
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And yeah, you should move up and make it happen.
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And then I just moved up from there.
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Have you had any thoughts of moving up or moving down?
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That people with ability tend to be able to move up within the society, right.
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So I'm moving up, things are getting good for me.
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Well, are you moving up in the company, man, or what's going on?
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So while I was out modeling, they were moving up in the ranks.
Synonyms
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2.7
To move to a higher job or position
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2.2
Rise to a higher level, for example prices or numbers
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2.7
To start or continue something so it gets closer to a goal
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4.4
To move up to a more important job or position
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4.5
To get more successful and reach a higher social or economic position
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1.6
To rise to a higher position, for example at work or on music charts
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4.8
To move up in a company by getting promotions and more responsibility
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4.8
To improve social position by getting more money, education, or important friends
To move to a higher position at work or in society
Antonyms
How High
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3.2
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1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to advance to a better job or status' is directly derived from combining 'move' (to go or proceed) with 'up' (toward a higher position); the spatial motion-to-hierarchy mapping is a straightforward, conventional metaphor. This verb + particle construction is common and cross-linguistically intuitive, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Move up comes from the image of climbing a ladder at work: each time you get a better job you move yourself up a step on the ladder. That's why it means 'to advance to a better job, position, or status in life'.