go from rags to riches

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to start your life very poor and then later in life become very rich People who go from rags to riches are often afraid the good life will be snatched away from them.

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Go fly a kite!
go for broke
go for nothing
go for the jugular
go forward with
go from bad to worse
go from one extreme to the other
go from rags to riches
go from strength to strength
Go fry an egg!
go great guns
go hand in hand
go haywire
go head to head
go hell for leather

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