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rise above

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rise above something
to not allow something unpleasant to influence you. She rose above personal tragedy by following the principles of self-reliance, discipline, and education. Phillips had little hope of rising above poverty.
See also: above, rise


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For the highest clouds cannot rise above two miles, as naturalists agree, at least they were never known to do so in that country.
Nevertheless, all hope is not shut out, even from the Isosceles, that his posterity may ultimately rise above his degraded condition.
The moon, then in her last quarter, was beginning to rise above the horizon.
 
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