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Meanings of getting above in English

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Usage of getting above in English
1
I have heard talk... that Razor Eddie might be getting above himself.
The Bride Wore Black Leather
2
Though Blackstone is paying up for iQ, it is getting above-average growth.
Reuters
3
With Panera, JAB is getting above-average growth as part of the recipe.
Reuters
4
And the hawks went up, the birds getting above the heron.
Sister Teresa
5
Irritated, he had thrown on a tunic, muttering about fighters getting above themselves.
Gladiatrix
6
Those who are proposing reform are getting above themselves.
The Irish Times
7
The central note is getting above self-realself-mastery.
The Letters of Franklin K. Lane, Personal and Political
8
By Cragget's beard, those bandits are getting above theirselves!
Dragonshadow
9
Colin said we were getting above ourselves, forgetting that vampires are more powerful than any animal.
Blue Moon
10
Severina tackled her fiancé in a thoughtful voice: "Is Appius Priscillus getting above himself?"
Venus In Copper
11
I made a face, to keep me from getting above myself, and continued on my way.
The Bride Wore Black Leather
12
With eyes bent on the ground, he muttered, "He's getting above with himself, sir."
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
13
How high the rock-walls are getting above us!'
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
14
He is indeed presumptuous, and getting above himself; and nothing less than a flogging will do for him.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
15
This Sir Joshua has already told us consists in getting above 'all particularities and details of every kind.'
Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners
16
He will be getting above himself.'
Psmith in the City
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