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up-and-coming

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up-and-com⋅ing

  [uhp-uhn-kuhm-ing]
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–adjective
likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism

Related forms:
up-and-comer, noun
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up-and-com·ing   (ŭp'ən-kŭm'ĭng)
adj.  Showing signs of advancement and ambitious development: an up-and-coming executive; an up-and-coming neighborhood.
up'-and-com'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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