Usually means: Overcome challenges, surpass expectations successfully.
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  1. rise above: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rise above: Merriam-Webster
  3. rise above: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rise above: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rise above: Wiktionary
  6. rise above: Dictionary.com
  7. Rise Above (Dirty Projectors album), Rise Above (Epic Soundtracks album), Rise Above (JK Flesh album), Rise Above (Oysterband album), Rise Above: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. rise above: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rise above: Legal dictionary

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  1. rise above: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (rise above)

verb:  To ignore petty or trivial issues and do what one is supposed to; to act better than someone or something inappropriate.
verb:  To prevent something unfortunate or traumatic from affecting oneself.

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