"lift the bar" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lifts the bar [present, singular, third-person], lifting the bar [participle, present], lifted the bar [participle, past], lifted the bar [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lift the bar (third-person singular simple present lifts the bar, present participle lifting the bar, simple past and past participle lifted the bar)
  1. Synonym of raise the bar Synonyms: raise the bar [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-lift_the_bar-en-verb-WRclQzCY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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