"rise above" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rises above [present, singular, third-person], rising above [participle, present], rose above [past], risen above [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|rise<,,rose,risen> above}} rise above (third-person singular simple present rises above, present participle rising above, simple past rose above, past participle risen above)
  1. To ignore petty or trivial issues and do what one is supposed to; to act better than someone or something inappropriate. Translations (to ignore pretty or trivial issues): nousta yläpuolelle (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-rise_above-en-verb-GkU67sCH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "above", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "above": 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'to ignore pretty or trivial issues': 98 2
  2. To prevent something unfortunate or traumatic from affecting oneself.
    Sense id: en-rise_above-en-verb-iM1dfzXc

Inflected forms

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