"rise through the ranks" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rises through the ranks [present, singular, third-person], rising through the ranks [participle, present], rose through the ranks [past], risen through the ranks [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|rise<,,rose,risen> through the ranks}} rise through the ranks (third-person singular simple present rises through the ranks, present participle rising through the ranks, simple past rose through the ranks, past participle risen through the ranks)
  1. (originally military) To gradually advance in an organization to positions of more importance after having served in subordinate ones. Categories (topical): Military Related terms: through the hawsehole, work one's way up Translations (Translations): 扶搖直上 (Chinese), 扶摇直上 (fúyáozhíshàng) (Chinese), 平步青雲 (Chinese), 平步青云 (píngbùqīngyún) (Chinese), 青雲直上 (Chinese), 青云直上 (qīngyúnzhíshàng) (Chinese), yletä arvoasteikossa (Finnish), sortir du rang (French), prendre du galon (French), monter en grade (French), awansować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish), escalar puestos (Spanish), stiga i graderna (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rise_through_the_ranks-en-verb-reQeMiUw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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