social climber

Aarfy is a social climber looking to work his way up into high society.

I know you think he's a social climber and maybe he is, but his origins are pretty humble.

He's got to be the biggest social climber of all time.

I was always a horrible little social climber in my way.

She is always described as shallow and a social climber.

He was an important political person and she an active social climber.

"I suppose it could now be a plus for a social climber to belong."

And she was never a snob or a social climber.

He was also something of a social climber and joined the military to get there.

Was he likewise the social climber that some held him to be?