pull the ladder up after oneself

Meaning: (idiomatic)Alternative form ofpull the ladder up behind oneself.2012May 1, Reid Oslin, “Long-time Trustee James Cleary Dies”, inThe Boston College Chronicle, Chestnut Hill, MA,page 6:“There are a lot of people who have achieved success, but thenpulled the ladder up after them,” [John M.] Connors added.2014, Nicola Wells, "Belief To Succeed",InBUSINESS, Quarter One 2014,page 51:Basically if you are on the up, don'tpull the ladder up after you!2018, Ciaran Staunton, quoted in "Hibernia: Quote Unquote",Irish America, June/July 2018,page 31:It is un-American topull the ladder up after you; the American way is to pass it down to the next person, and silence is complicity when it comes to this.

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