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
Andras	-	Welsh
Agrippa	ə-GRI-pə (English)	Ancient Roman, Biblical
Britton	BRIT-ən	English
Petar	-	Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Sher	-	Urdu, Pashto
Deidre	['diədri]