Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

don't get above your raising

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
don't get above y-our rais-ing
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Do not act in a manner not in keeping with the way you were brought up.

Inflected Forms

don't get above your raisin' (alternative) getting above your raising (alternative) getting above your raisin' (alternative)

Phrases

act above one's station forget where one came from

Frequently Paired Words

act above one's station forget where one came from pretense snobbery

Questions

What does don't get above your raising mean?
Do not act in a manner not in keeping with the way you were brought up.

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