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
Yanka	-	Bulgarian
Zuzanna	zuw-ZAHN-nah (Polish)	Polish, Latvian (Rare)
Rhode	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Rodolf	RO-dawlf (German)	German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Lizzy	LIZ-ee	English
Regina	[ri'dʒainə]