A ruddy girl got promoted! (5)

I believe the answer is:

arose

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'promoted' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a ruddy girl' is the wordplay.
'ruddy girl' becomes 'rose' (I am not sure about the 'ruddy' bit.).
'a'+'rose'='AROSE'

'got' is the link.

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(Other definitions for arose that I've seen before include "Happened" , "stemmed" , "Got out of bed" , "Cropped up" , "Came about" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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