a rung on/of the ladder
one of the stages or levels in something such as a process or organization, through which it is possible to rise or make progress:
I started my life on the bottom rung of the ladder in this company.
For her this was just the first rung on her career/professional ladder.
Once you rise a few rungs up the ladder, life becomes easier.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Organizations - position & status
- apparatchik
- associate
- back seat
- be a big fish in a small pond idiom
- betters 2
- brethren
- comrade
- elite
- entry-level
- equal
- fellow
- low-level
- position
- pretender
- role
- rung
- second class
- senior
- standing
- subordinate
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