up-and-coming

[ uhp-uhn-kuhm-ing ]
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adjective
  1. likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.

Origin of up-and-coming

1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Other words from up-and-coming

  • up-and-comer, noun

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How to use up-and-coming in a sentence

  • This up-and-coming station on the route which binds Numidia with Africa is possessed of a remarkable source of fresh-water supply.

  • And these individuals might be willing to invest some of their capital in some up-and-coming young businessmen, young politicians.

    Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • They were certainly a very pretty-appearing young couple, and the gentleman was evidently up-and-coming.

    A Modern Instance | William Dean Howells
  • Her mother was a handsome woman, though she had an up-and-coming kind of way with her.

    The Portion of Labor | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • But I never saw a town that had such up-and-coming people as Gopher Prairie.

    Main Street | Sinclair Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for up-and-coming

up-and-coming

adjective
  1. promising continued or future success; enterprising

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