What is Failing Up?
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(verb, intransitive) to derive gain in spite of failure that would usually either preclude said gain or have adverse consequences.
Even though Fred was the salesman who lost the big advertising account, he is failing up to a seat on the Board of Directors.
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Another name for the Bronx, a city in New York. So called because hip hop is said to have originated from there. Thus, giving the beats ..