A ruddy girl got promoted! (5)
I believe the answer is:
arose
'promoted' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way 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' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arose that I've seen before include "Happened" , "stemmed" , "Got out of bed" , "Cropped up" , "Came about" .)