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Meaning of upwardly mobile | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Likely to advance in economic or social standing.

Examples

“Still, at least the venue was appropriate: Lettice had hired out the long, dusty salon that formed the first-storey salesroom of an upmarket architectural salvage business. It was here young and upwardly-mobile couples came to browse among the mouldings, entablatures, pilasters and ironwork of the past.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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