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social climberˌsocial ˈclimber noun [countable] - He's got to be the biggest social climber of all time.
to move into a higher social class► move/go up in the world · Hillary was bright and ambitious and wanted to move up in the world.· Education, he believed, was the only way that anyone could move up in the world. ► upwardly mobile someone who is upwardly mobile is in the process of moving into a higher class, especially because they have a well-paid job: · a highly educated, upwardly mobile young woman· The dating agency specializes in finding partners for the young and upwardly mobile. ► social climber someone who wants very much to move into a higher social class, and tries to do this by becoming friendly with people who have more money and power than they do: · The new private schools cater for the children of social climbers rather than those of the old upper classes.· The hotel lobby was full of the usual hangers-on and social climbers. someone who tries to get accepted into a higher social class by becoming friendly with people who belong to that class – used to show disapproval |