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    Idiom: Pull The Ladder Up Behind Oneself

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    pull the ladder up behind oneself 

    Meanings

    Coined by analogy with phrases such as make it to the top and climb the ladder that liken success to an upward struggle.

    To prevent others from attaining or benefiting from the same advantages, opportunities, or rights as oneself.

    A-Z Proximities

    • pull someone's leg
    • pull someone's plumes
    • pull strings
    • pull teeth
    • pull the ladder up after oneself
    • pull the ladder up behind oneself
    • pull the long bow
    • pull the other leg
    • pull the other one, it's got bells on
    • pull the rug out from under
    • pull the trigger

    Similar Idioms

    • pull the ladder up behind oneself
    • pull the ladder up after oneself
    • corporate ladder
    • on the ladder
    • social ladder
    • pull oneself together
    • pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
    • behind bars
    • behind closed doors
    • behind its time
    • behind someone's back
    • behind the bit
    • behind the counter
    • behind the eight-ball
    • behind the scenes
    • behind the times
    • behind the wheel
    • behind time
    • dry behind the ears
    • fall behind

    Similar Phrases

    • behind-the-scenes
    • drop behind
    • fall behind
    • get behind
    • leave behind
    • put behind bars
    • accommodation ladder
    • aerial ladder
    • aerial ladder truck
    • articulated ladder
    • extension ladder
    • fish ladder
    • jack ladder
    • jacob's ladder
    • ladder truck
    • ladder-back chair
    • monkey ladder
    • northern jacob's ladder
    • pilot ladder
    • rope ladder
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