clamber
verb (used with or without object)
to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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By early this month it will have clambered up the Top Ten list to become 1987's fourth biggest hit.
From Time Magazine Archive
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