1 to crawl

2 to climb

3 to get up or sit up

1 to climb up

1 to go through challenging experiences

2 to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)

1 to climb (by pulling oneself up)

2 to implicate

3 to claim connections of higher status

1 to make invidious comparisons

2 to compete with

3 to emulate

1 to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor

2 social climbing

1 to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially (idiom)

1 to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing

1 lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful

2 social climbing

1 to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey