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Language: Old English
Origin: hrung

rung

2 noun
     
rung2 [countable]
1 one of the bars that form the steps of a ladder
2 informal a particular level or position in an organization or system
rung of/on
Humans are on the highest rung of the evolutionary ladder.
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