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Phrase(s): rise above something
1. Lit. to move up above something. • The huge sun rose above the horizon and spread its red glow across the sea. 2. Fig. [for one] to ignore petty matters and do what one is meant to do in spite of them. • He was able to rise above the squabbling and bring some sense to the proceedings. • Jane was never able to rise above her petty dislikes.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs