move up

Verb

Meaning

move upward

move to a better position in life or to a better job

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

rise lift arise ascend uprise come up go up mount increase speed spread scale grow progress advance

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Antonyms

lower fall reduce drop decrease dive

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Hypernyms

change move travel go locomote

Hyponyms

mount rise steam rocket climb bubble

Examples

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it. Fareed Zakaria

The nature of show business is people within the business feel that if someone else fails, they move up a notch. Tom Arnold

I'd like to see you move up to the goat class, where I think you belong. Philip K. Dick

Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder. Zig Ziglar

The East Coast, and certainly Boston, has a provincial quality to it that makes it harder to bust out and move up. Try to be too different and they'll pull you down. Brad Falchuk

A lizard without one leg cannot move up a tree. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

move unhesitatingly move unhurriedly move unsteadily move up a gear move up and down move up in the world