"lift one's game" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lifts one's game",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifting one's game",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifted one's game",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifted one's game",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "lift one's game (third-person singular simple present lifts one's game, present participle lifting one's game, simple past and past participle lifted one's game)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Australian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The team has lifted their game since last season."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To improve one's performance through practice or additional effort."
      ],
      "id": "en-lift_one's_game-en-verb-CSO5KeZC",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, idiomatic) To improve one's performance through practice or additional effort."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "step up one's game"
        },
        {
          "word": "eat one's Wheaties"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lift one's game"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lifts one's game",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifting one's game",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifted one's game",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifted one's game",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "lift one's game (third-person singular simple present lifts one's game, present participle lifting one's game, simple past and past participle lifted one's game)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "step up one's game"
    },
    {
      "word": "eat one's Wheaties"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The team has lifted their game since last season."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To improve one's performance through practice or additional effort."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, idiomatic) To improve one's performance through practice or additional effort."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lift one's game"
}