move up Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb move to a better position in life or to a better job
    rise; ascend.
    • She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
  2. verb move upward
    come up; rise; uprise; lift; go up; arise.
    • The fog lifted
    • The smoke arose from the forest fire
    • The mist uprose from the meadows

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