rise to

rise to something

to react to a difficult situation by working harder to succeed It was a tough race, but Jean rose to the challenge and rode her horse beautifully. He's handled many crises before, but can he rise to the task this time?

Related vocabulary: rise to the occasion

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shouta	sho:-tah	Japanese
Concetto	kon-CHET-to	Italian
Samuel	SAM-yoo-əl (English), SAM-yəl (English), sah-MWEL (Spanish), SAH-moo-el (Swedish, Finnish)	English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Dani
Faas	FAH:S	Dutch
Tara (1)	TAHR-ə, TER-ə, TAR-ə	English
Knute	-	Norwegian