Idiom
rise to the challenge
Meaning
To show resolve or effectiveness in dealing with a difficulty.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The team must rise to the challenge to win the game.”
“When the manager fell ill, Sarah had to rise to the challenge and lead the project herself.”
“Despite the unexpected obstacles that threatened to derail their progress, the engineers rose to the challenge and completed the complex bridge ahead of schedule.”
Examples
simple
“The team must rise to the challenge to win the game.”
contextual
“When the manager fell ill, Sarah had to rise to the challenge and lead the project herself.”
complex
“Despite the unexpected obstacles that threatened to derail their progress, the engineers rose to the challenge and completed the complex bridge ahead of schedule.”
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