rise to the challenge
Meet the test
To rise to the challenge is to meet a difficult situation with the effort and ability it demands.
The phrase implies summoning reserves of skill, courage, or determination when circumstances require more than usual: When the team's star player was injured, the rookie rose to the challenge.
It suggests proving oneself capable under pressure.
- acceptConsent to receive
- confrontFace squarely, address directly
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- go the distancePersist to completion
- fight the good fightPersist in righteous effort
engage · meet · undertake · roll up sleeves · tackle · rise to the occasion · seize the moment · take up the gauntlet · bring it on · face · determination · endeavor · dig deep · push through · resilience · courage · brave · never back down
rise to the challengechoke
Obstruct breathing or airflow
collapse · fold · fall apart · flounder · falter
rise to the challengegive up
Stop attempting something
surrender · succumb · capitulate · admit defeat · throw in the towel
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