Usually means: Advance to higher social status.
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  1. move up in the world: Merriam-Webster
  2. move up in the world: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. move up in the world: Wiktionary

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  1. move up in the world: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (move up in the world)

verb:  (idiomatic) To improve one's social or financial position.

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