first/highest/next rung on the ladder (redirected from next rung on the ladder)

the [first/highest/next etc.] rung on the ladder

the first, highest, next etc. position, especially in society or in a job. In our society, a nurse is hardly on the same rung of the ladder as a judge. President of the Union at Oxford University was the first rung on the political ladder for him.

See also: first, high, ladder, next