English Reference

Idiom

onward and upward

Meaning

Alternative form of onwards and upwards.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The project failed, but we must keep moving onward and upward.”

“After losing his job, he decided to stay positive and focus on moving onward and upward in his career.”

“Despite the setbacks that defined the previous year, the team remained committed to their vision, choosing to look onward and upward toward a more promising future.”

Examples

simple

“The project failed, but we must keep moving onward and upward.”

contextual

“After losing his job, he decided to stay positive and focus on moving onward and upward in his career.”

complex

“Despite the setbacks that defined the previous year, the team remained committed to their vision, choosing to look onward and upward toward a more promising future.”

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