come up in the world
come up in the world or rise in the world {v. phr.}
To gain success, wealth, or importance in life; rise to a position of greater wealth or importance.
He had come up in the world since he peddled his wife's baked goods from a pushcart.
Compare: GET AHEAD.
Contrast: COME DOWN IN THE WORLD.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms