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the more you know, the higher you go

the more you know, the higher you go proverb: expertise leads to career promotion.

Proverb

the more you know, the higher you go

  1. Expertise leads to career promotion.

Questions about the more you know, the higher you go

What does the more you know, the higher you go mean?
The more you know, the higher you go means expertise leads to career promotion.
What part of speech is the more you know, the higher you go?
The more you know, the higher you go is a proverb.

Words near the more you know, the higher you go in the dictionary

  1. the more fool someone
  2. the more one learns about people, the more one likes one's pet
  3. the more the merrier
  4. the more things change, the more they stay the same
  5. the more you know
  6. the more you know, the higher you go
  7. the nail that sticks out gets hammered down
  8. the nail that sticks up gets hammered down
  9. the natives are getting restless
  10. the natives are restless
  11. the nerve of

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