Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

move out to move up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.01 in modern English

Syllables: move out -to -move up
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To advance one's career by leaving one's present employer in order to take a better position with another employer.

Example Sentences

"In our world of communications, you don't have to move out to move up. When your objectives change and your abilities expand, you'll find your next level of achievement is waiting for you elsewhere in our world."
"After a year of working below my capacity and receiving no response several times when I asked to be moved into the position promised, I realized I'd need to move out to move up."
"Now, with flatter organizations, promotions may be less available so you may have to move out to move up."

Inflected Forms

moves out to move up (present, singular) moving out to move up (participle, present) moved out to move up (participle, past) moved out to move up (past)

Phrases

go along to get along job-hopping up or out

Frequently Paired Words

go along to get along job-hopping up or out

Questions

What does move out to move up mean?: To advance one's career by leaving one's present employer in order to take a better position with another employer.

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