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What does “up and coming” mean?
Meaning, example sentences and a quick practice question.
B2
Becoming popular or fashionable
“It's an up-and-coming area of the city.”
From the B2 lesson My Neck of the Woods (describing places).
C1
Becoming successful, popular or fashionable
“It's an up-and-coming part of the city.”
Say it smoothly: “u-pan-coming”
From the C1 lesson My Neck of the Woods (describing places).
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What does “up and coming” mean?
Teaching this phrase?“up and coming” is part of a ready-to-teach lesson, with a reading, three exercises, speaking tasks and an answer key, in Everyday English Chunks B2 Pack 1 (Life, People and Places) and Everyday English Chunks C1 Pack 1 (Life, People and Places).
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