move up in the world

and come up in the world

Fig. to advance (oneself) and become successful. The harder I work, the more I move up in the world. Keep your eye on John. He's really coming up in the world.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Youssef	-	Arabic
Demosthenes	-	Ancient Greek
Veles	-	Slavic Mythology
Jenaro	he-NAH-ro	Spanish
Ganesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Nepali
Amnon	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew