get on in the company

get on in the company

To elevate or improve one's social, political, and/or financial position in life; to become more successful than one was before. You're only going to truly get on in the company if you make a point of rubbing elbows with those in positions of power.
See also: company, get, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • come up in the world
  • get on in the world
  • go up in the world
  • move up in the world
  • rise (up) in the world
  • raise (someone or something) out of (some state)
  • be (one's) life
  • be somebody's life
  • at (one's) expense
  • at somebody's expense