Everyday English
work your way up
progress gradually
If you work your way up, you progress gradually from an easier or lower stage to a more difficult or higher one.
Hear it in real life
Can you run ten kilometres now?
Not yet, but I'm working my way up to it.
I started with basic exercises and worked my way up to heavier weights.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I worked me way up to five kilometres.
Say: I worked my way up to five kilometres.
Use the possessive form “my,” “your,” or another possessive before “way.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
work your way up to something; worked your way up to something; work your way up from something
Your turn: say it out loud
I started with basic exercises and worked my way up to heavier weights.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
work your way up
progress gradually
“I started with basic exercises and worked my way up to heavier weights.”
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