to climb; to pull oneself up; to clamber; to scale; fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger

to climb

to clamber up; (of prices etc) to rise

rock climbing; to climb a rockface

to implicate others, without foundation, in confessing one's own crime

social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class

lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term); I cannot presume on your attention

too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable