Usually means: Advancement in economic or social status.
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  1. upward mobility: Merriam-Webster
  2. upward mobility: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. upward mobility: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. upward mobility: Collins English Dictionary
  5. upward mobility: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. upward mobility: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. upward mobility: Dictionary.com
  8. Upward mobility: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. upward mobility: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. upward mobility: Wiktionary

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  1. upward mobility: Medical dictionary

(Note: See upwardly_mobile as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (upward mobility)

noun:  (sociology) Ability to advance to better-paid or better-regarded social strata.

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