one of the bars that forms a step in a ladder:
He put his foot on the bottom rung to keep the ladder steady. * (figurative) to get a foot on the bottom rung of the career ladder * She was a few rungs above him on the social ladder.
seealsoRINGv.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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