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UP-AND-COMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does up-and-coming mean? 

UP-AND-COMING (adjective)
  The adjective UP-AND-COMING has 1 sense:

1. working hard to promote an enterprise

  Familiarity information: UP-AND-COMING used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UP-AND-COMING (adjective)


Sense 1up-and-coming [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Working hard to promote an enterprise

Synonyms:

gumptious; up-and-coming; energetic; industrious

Similar:

enterprising (marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects)


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