lower the bar in English

Forms: lowers the bar [present, singular, third-person], lowering the bar [participle, present], lowered the bar [participle, past], lowered the bar [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lower the bar (third-person singular simple present lowers the bar, present participle lowering the bar, simple past and past participle lowered the bar)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lowers the bar",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lowering the bar",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lowered the bar",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lowered the bar",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "lower the bar (third-person singular simple present lowers the bar, present participle lowering the bar, simple past and past participle lowered the bar)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "raise the bar"
        },
        {
          "word": "lift the bar"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something."
      ],
      "id": "en-lower_the_bar-en-verb-8pRoV9z9",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "set the bar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lower standards",
          "word": "laskea rimaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to lower standards",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obniżać poprzeczkę"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to lower standards",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "obniżyć poprzeczkę"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lower the bar"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lowers the bar",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lowering the bar",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lowered the bar",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lowered the bar",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "lower the bar (third-person singular simple present lowers the bar, present participle lowering the bar, simple past and past participle lowered the bar)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "set the bar"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "word": "raise the bar"
        },
        {
          "word": "lift the bar"
        }
      ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lower standards",
      "word": "laskea rimaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lower standards",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obniżać poprzeczkę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lower standards",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obniżyć poprzeczkę"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lower the bar"
}

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"lower the bar" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms