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rise through the ranks

rise through the ranks verb: to gradually advance in an organization to positions of more importance after having served in subordinate ones.

Verb

rise through the ranks (third-person singular simple present rises through the ranks, present participle rising through the ranks, simple past rose through the ranks, past participle risen through the ranks)

  1. To gradually advance in an organization to positions of more importance after having served in subordinate ones.
    • Near-synonym: rise from the ranks
    Synonyms:
    rise from the ranks

Synonyms of rise through the ranks

  • rise from the ranks

Forms of rise through the ranks

third-person singular presentrises through the ranks
present participlerising through the ranks
pastrose through the ranks
past participlerisen through the ranks

Questions about rise through the ranks

What does rise through the ranks mean?
Rise through the ranks means to gradually advance in an organization to positions of more importance after having served in subordinate ones.
What part of speech is rise through the ranks?
Rise through the ranks is a verb.
What is the past tense of rise through the ranks?
The past tense of rise through the ranks is rose through the ranks.

Words near rise through the ranks in the dictionary

  1. rise forms
  2. rise from the ashes
  3. rise from the dead
  4. Rise of the West
  5. rise over run
  6. rise through the ranks
  7. rise time
  8. rise times
  9. rise to the bait
  10. rise to the challenge
  11. rise to the occasion

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