- the ranks
- (in the armed forces) those who are not commissioned officers.→ rank
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
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rise from the ranks — rise from/through the ranks ► to keep moving up from a low position in an organization to higher ones: »He joined the company in 2000 and has been rising through the ranks ever since. Main Entry: ↑rank … Financial and business terms
rise from/through the ranks — ► to keep moving up from a low position in an organization to higher ones: »He joined the company in 2000 and has been rising through the ranks ever since. Main Entry: ↑rank … Financial and business terms
rise through the ranks — rise from/through the ranks ► to keep moving up from a low position in an organization to higher ones: »He joined the company in 2000 and has been rising through the ranks ever since. Main Entry: ↑rank … Financial and business terms
reduce to the ranks — index demote, humiliate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
swell the ranks — index recruit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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