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raise the bar

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To raise the bar is to set a higher standard than before. That performance raised the bar.

The picture is from the high jump, where the bar goes up after each round. It can be a compliment to somebody else's work or a threat about next year's targets.

Definitions of raise the bar

  1. 1phraseraise the barTo set a higher standard than before.B2

    “The first series did raise the bar for everything after it.”

raise the bar is a phrase.

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