up and coming

Speech parts

1. up and coming - Adjective

2. up and coming - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

working hard to promote an enterprise

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Alternative names

up-and-coming

Synonyms

energetic industrious gumptious able future likely increasing determined growing coming rising progressive emerging ambitious pushing
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Antonyms

away inefficient inert idle inactive dull
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Related terms

up-and-comer

Examples

I always say the next big thing will happen in unexpected places - up and coming cities that aren't necessarily boom markets. Anna Sui

Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing a presence, a permanence. Buzz Aldrin

We all take losses and it's about getting up and coming back. Mike Epps

That's the main reason I gave up my career after John was born and I was pregnant with Andrew. I could not handle going away day after day. The thought of going away before they got up and coming back after they were in bed was intolerable. Louise Fletcher

I definitely think for up and coming filmmakers, people graduating from film school, people that want to do their own movies, horror movies are a great way to go. Jonathan Levine

Added New Regency Chairman, Yariv Milchan, “The Missing Cryptoqueen is the type of content that fits with New Regency’s strategy to tell meaningful stories that showcase up and coming creative talent as well as the work of established artists.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

up and up and about up and at it up and disappear up and do up and down