Idioms

up-and-coming

This page is about the idiom up-and-coming

Meaning

If someone's up-and-coming, they show signs of being successful in their profession.

For example

  • The competition brings together many of the up-and-coming young designers in the world of fashion.

  • We pay high salaries in order to attract the best up-and-coming executives from the top universities.

Quick Quiz

Manchester United has some of the best up-and-coming players in the game. In a year or two, most of them should have

a. retired from the game

b. become regular players in the team

c. come up and gone
a) retired from the game b) become regular players in the team c) come up and gone

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Contributor: Matt Errey