To progress in career or success
She started as an intern and climbed the latter to become the CEO.
exciting, fun, or amazing
The party last night was lit!
politely postponing or declining an offer for now, but suggesting you'd like to accept it another time
Do you want to grab dinner tonight?
I'm busy, but can I take a rain check?
Meaning that not tonight, but let's do it another time.
Where it comes from?
The phrase originally comes from U.S. baseballl in the 1800s.
If a game was rained out, spectators were given a "rain check" - a ticket to come back when the game was rescheduled.
C2: extremely small (/mai'nju:t/)
A minitue amount/quantity
I've never seen a man with such tiny hands - they're minute.