elevate to

elevate (someone or something) to (something)

1. To promote someone to a better position. While my manager was out on maternity leave, they elevated me to her position and I oversaw the whole department. If you don't take your job as an intern seriously, the boss will never elevate you to anything better. Hey, management elevated me to the head of my construction crew!

2. To promote the importance of something. If we don't elevate this issue to urgent, it will never get done. No one will take this grievance seriously if you don't elevate it to at least "Important." Her complaints are just petty gripes—no need to elevate them to "urgent" or anything.

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elevate someone or something to something

to raise the status of someone to something; to promote someone to something higher, such as a job, a better status, etc. The success elevated her to a new rank and higher pay. The boss's attention elevated the policy question to the highest priority. She sought to elevate herself to some sort of social goddess.

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