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go from strength to strength

idiom
Meaning

To continue to get stronger, more and more successful.


Examples
SIMPLE

Since the new manager arrived, the team goes from strength to strength.

CONTEXTUAL

The young company has gone from strength to strength since they launched their innovative software last year.

COMPLEX

Despite the initial skepticism of critics, the artist has gone from strength to strength, consistently producing work that challenges and inspires her audience.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

  8. 08

    enough to go around

    There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.

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