Rags-to-riches definition

(idiomatic) In a biographical context, from poverty to exceptional wealth.
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Origin of rags-to-riches

  • From from rags to riches

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Rags-to-riches Sentence Examples

  • Annie was a rags to riches tale of a little orphan child.

  • A year in the life of Backtrack Rags to riches boss races to revive.. .

  • For a small rescue mongrel, it is a real rags to riches story.

  • Her rags to riches story have raised eyebrows among the upper class member of the society.

  • This world of beautiful women, handsome men and rags-to-riches stories belies a subtext of social aspiration and entrenched racial hierarchies.

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