elevate (someone or something) to (something)
elevate (someone or something) to (something)
1. To promote someone to a better position. While my manager was out on maternity leave, they elevated me to her position and I oversaw the whole department.
2. To promote the importance of something. If we don't elevate this issue to urgent, it will never get done.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
elevate someone or something to something
to raise the status of someone to something; to promote someone to something higher, such as a job, a better status, etc. The success elevated her to a new rank and higher pay. The boss's attention elevated the policy question to the highest priority. She sought to elevate herself to some sort of social goddess.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- elevate
- elevate to
- elevated
- have (one's) foot on (someone's) neck
- bring (one) up for (something)
- bring up for
- pass (something) down (to someone)
- pass down
- at the top of the heap
- top of the heap