See Also: up-and-coming(dictionary)
second coming(dictionary)
coming of age(dictionary)
up-and-coming(dictionary)
down-coming(dictionary)
coming(2)(dictionary)
coming(1)(dictionary)
home-coming(dictionary)
coming 1, noun(dictionary)
coming 2, adjective(dictionary)

up-and-coming (iou)



up-and-coming adjective. colloq. M19.
[from UP adverb2 + AND conjunction1 + COMING adjective.]
Active, alert, energetic. US. M19.
Esp. of a person: promising, making progress, likely to succeed. E20.
H. Carpenter The ingenious framework..was the work of the up and coming engineer Monsieur Eiffel. Match Fishing The young up and coming anglers in the south want to win things.
up-and-comer noun an up-and-coming person M20.
up-and-comingness noun L19.