man on the make
Example Sentences
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Mr. Restall’s Columbus was a man on the make, a social climber who used his marriage in 1479 to Felipa Moniz, the daughter of a minor aristocrat, to further his standing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
To all those around him, Kweku Adoboli appeared to be a man on the make whose career prospects and future earnings were taking off.
From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2012
Stacks makes clear that Reston used every ploy of the classic man on the make.
From Time Magazine Archive
He doesn't seem to know he's a cross between two classic American characters--the confidence man and the young man on the make.
From Time Magazine Archive
He meant that America is the land of the Careerist or, as it has also been put, it is the land of the man on the make.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.
