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What does rags to riches mean?

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Noun
  1. (idiomatic, chiefly attributive) From poverty to exceptional wealth.
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It was such a rags to riches story which the brothers did on a shoestring.
Resembling the plot of one of his own novels, Dickens's life is a tale of rags to riches, complete with bankruptcy, prison, and forced child labour.
Casino Kingdom is a strategic simulation, in which you have to manage your own Casino and try to rise from rags to riches.
Here, corruption has become the most effective short cut in the journey from rags to riches.
Athlete behavior is meant to be exemplary and virtuous and sustain the rags to riches myths of successful sports stars from humble origins.
Most of the platinum stars today started out on the road from rags to riches with their own independent label.

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