rise to the occasion
verbDefinitions
To show resolve or effectiveness in dealing with a difficulty.
- As it happened, this particular ordeal was exceedingly severe, but nothing can excuse the absolute failure of the troops concerned to rise to the occasion.
- How many times have we heard this story? The one about people rising to the occasion, storming the cockpit of the hijacked jet, racing into the burning building, tackling the gunman, saving a life.
To achieve an erection of the penis.
- To his comic fury and shame, the traveller's 'master part' fails to rise to the occasion, and the girl's innocence is preserved.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA