Usually means: Reduce standards or expectations significantly.
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  1. lower the bar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. lower the bar: Wiktionary
  3. Lower The Bar, Lower the Bar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (lower the bar)

verb:  (idiomatic) to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something.

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