rise above
phrasal verb
rose above; risen above; rising above; rises above
1
: to not allow oneself to be hurt or controlled by (something bad or harmful)
It's time to rise above petty bickering/politics.
2
: to be or become better than (something)
The quality of the food never rises above average.
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As a result, the number of informal workers rose above 2 billion in 2023, according to ILO estimates, destabilizing the global employment picture.
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David T. Nudelman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Any snow that falls after 6 a.m. Monday isn’t expected to stick as temperatures rise above freezing, forecasters said in a Hazardous Weather Alert.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2024
Small wonder the fantasy of rising above all of that through marrying Ivan — a unicorn customer who’s young, handsome, wealthy, gregarious, and spontaneous — would beckon to the otherwise pragmatic Ani.
—Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
After Tuesday’s demolitions, video released by the South’s military showed an explosion and a plume of smoke rising above an area of road where the North had put up a black barrier.
—Reuters, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
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David T. Nudelman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Any snow that falls after 6 a.m. Monday isn’t expected to stick as temperatures rise above freezing, forecasters said in a Hazardous Weather Alert.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2024
Small wonder the fantasy of rising above all of that through marrying Ivan — a unicorn customer who’s young, handsome, wealthy, gregarious, and spontaneous — would beckon to the otherwise pragmatic Ani.
—Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
After Tuesday’s demolitions, video released by the South’s military showed an explosion and a plume of smoke rising above an area of road where the North had put up a black barrier.
—Reuters, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Rise above.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rise%20above. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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