We cannot let these upstarts push us around.
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Upstarts
Synonyms for "upstarts" (137 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
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We can't let these upstarts push us around.
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The nobility stay noble in poverty, while the upstarts show no dignity.
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Five years ago the maverick, anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle, brain-child of the chaotic and shaggy-bearded stand-up comic Beppe Grillo, exploded on the Italian electoral scene, grabbing sufficient seats to force Italy’s established parties to form a ‘grand coalition’ government to shut out the political upstarts.
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