upstart
noun
a person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power, or a position of consequence.
are upstarting
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present progressiveof upstart.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Coxcombs need only lines; their opinions are upstarting islands, held together by nothing but emptiness....
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
