rising above
Overcoming what's below
Rising above means overcoming difficulties, insults, or base impulses through strength of character.
You rise above petty conflicts by refusing to engage, rise above your circumstances by succeeding despite disadvantage, rise above criticism by not letting it affect you.
The phrase suggests elevation—staying on a higher plane than whatever threatens to drag you down: She rose above the gossip and focused on her work.
- exceedingGoing beyond limits
- surmountingPrevailing over difficulties
- prevailingMost common or accepted
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- overcomingDefeating a challenge
elevation · etherealness · higher ground · perseverance · enlighten · fortitude · inner strength · grit · zenith · peak performance · soar · rapture · tower · outstripping · determination · apogee · aspiration · nirvana
- outperformingsurpassing, exceeding, excelling, outperforming, outdoing
- character arcscharacter arc, arc, redemption arc, hero's journey, fall from grace
- Upsetsupset, upset victory, upset win, underdog victory, underdog win
- adversitystruggle, hardship, challenge, obstacle, difficulty
rising abovefalling below
Decreasing past a limit
going under · plummeting · descending · sinking · dropping
rising, above, rise, rises, rose, risen, riser, risers, arise