ladder of success

collocation in English

meaningsofladderandsuccess

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ladder
noun
uk
/ˈlæd.ər/us
/ˈlæd.ɚ/
a piece of equipment used for climbing up and down, that consists of two vertical bars or pieces of rope joined to each other by a set of ...
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success
noun
uk
/səkˈses/us
/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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(Definition ofladderandsuccessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofladder of success

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Therefore, what is the posture or the impression that we give to those who climb theladderofsuccessin their professions or businesses?
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It provides an enormous variety of courses and gives a large number of late developers a second chance to mount theladderofsuccess.
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Despite a rough upbringing, he climbs theladderofsuccess.
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He helped quite a few inventors up theladderofsuccessby buying the rights to their inventions and sharing in the profits.
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Through various schemes, he is able to climb theladderofsuccessand foster himself and his work.
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The "displacing wow-factor" ensures that one perpetually attempts to climb theladderofsuccess.
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For the characters, working at the camp was either a step up or step down theladderofsuccessin show-business.
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Rahul has a novel strategy to rise up theladderofsuccess.
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This new communist regime also brought the elimination of noble and capitalist preference, equality in jobs, education, and more right, allowing people to move up theladderofsuccess.
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Cobb continued to climb theladderofsuccessfrom wage labor to sharecropper.
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Ruth later estimated that he played 200 games a year as he steadily climbed theladderofsuccess.
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However, theladderofsuccessseems to be impossible for him as he faces different complications and rejections in life and as well as his career.
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