Onwards and upwards In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "onwards and upwards", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tommy Tran calendar 2021-09-07 12:09

Meaning of Onwards and upwards

Onwards and upwards adverb phrase binomial

Becoming progressively successful; keeping progressing and succeeding

We couldn't be happier. Everything is moving onwards and upwards.

Global tourism continues to climb onwards and upwards over the past year.

My career is moving onwards and upwards since last month.

The general trend of international migration is onwards and upwards

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look up

1. If a person "looks up something", he/she tries to find a piece of information about it, typically from a reference book or on a computer.

2. If something "looks up", it is getting better or improving.

3. To contact someone if you are in the area where they live

Origin of Onwards and upwards

Frances Anne Kemble. (Image Source: UGAPress)

The origin of this phrase is unknown. It was initially used in a speech given by Frances Anne Kemble to the Young Gentlemen leaving the Lenox Academy in Massachusetts:

"A sacred burden is this life ye bear:

Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly,

Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly.

Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin,

But onward, upward, till the goal ye win."

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