fail upwards

Verb

Meaning

fail upwards (third-person singular simple present fails upwards, present participle failing upwards, simple past and past participle failed upwards)

to advance in one's career despite failures

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

In Hollywood, you just kind of fail upwards. Kevin Smith

Close letter words and terms

fail to understand fail to work well fail to yield profit fail whale fail-deadly fail-safe