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arise from
(redirected from arise)

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arise from something and arise out of something 
1. Lit. to get up from something. What time did you arise from bed? I arose out of my slumbers at dawn.
2. Lit. [for something] to drift upward from something. The smoke arose from the burning oil wells. The smoke arose out of the exhaust pipe.
3. Fig. to be due to something; to be caused by something. This whole problem arose from your stubbornness. The labor problem arose out of mismanagement.
4. Fig. [for someone] to come from poor or unfortunate circumstances. She arose from poverty to attain great wealth. She arose out of squalor through her own hard work.


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