Usually means: Increase standards or expectations higher.
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  1. raise the bar: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. raise the bar: Merriam-Webster
  3. raise the bar: Wiktionary
  4. Raise the Bar, Raise the bar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. raise the bar: Idioms

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  1. Raise the bar: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard.

Similar:
set the bar, lift the bar, bring up to, raise up, step up one's game, raise the stakes, raise the ante, up the ante, elevate, relevate, more...

Opposite:
lower bar, lower standards

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Similar:
set the bar, lift the bar, bring up to, raise up, step up one's game, raise the stakes, raise the ante, up the ante, elevate, relevate, more...

Opposite:
lower bar, lower standards



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