a step up/down
idiom
: more/less important, challenging, etc., than something had before
The new job is a step up/down for her.
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And the way the stage works at the Noel Coward, there’s sort of a step down just as the stage meets the audience.
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Caroline Frost, Deadline, 22 June 2024
And the way the stage works at the Noel Coward is there's sort of a step down just as the stage meets the audience.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
The hotel officially rebranded this month as the Hotel David Whitney, becoming one of Marriott's Autograph Collection hotels, which is considered a step up.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
Both McCarthy and Richard E. Grant — playing her friend/partner in forging, Jack — are sublime, weaponizing their characters’ queerness to get a step up in a world that’s effectively abandoned them.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
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Caroline Frost, Deadline, 22 June 2024
And the way the stage works at the Noel Coward is there's sort of a step down just as the stage meets the audience.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
The hotel officially rebranded this month as the Hotel David Whitney, becoming one of Marriott's Autograph Collection hotels, which is considered a step up.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
Both McCarthy and Richard E. Grant — playing her friend/partner in forging, Jack — are sublime, weaponizing their characters’ queerness to get a step up in a world that’s effectively abandoned them.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
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“A step up/down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20step%20up%2Fdown. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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