"raise the bar" meaning in English

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          "text": "Acme's new technology will raise the bar for the entire industry.",
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        "To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard."
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          "standard"
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        [
          "expectation",
          "expectation"
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        [
          "higher",
          "higher"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "push the envelope"
        },
        {
          "word": "set the bar"
        }
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        {
          "word": "lift the bar"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "da vdígna létvata",
          "sense": "to raise standards",
          "word": "да вди́гна ле́твата"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to raise standards",
          "word": "nostaa rimaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to raise standards",
          "word": "mettre la barre plus haut"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to raise standards",
          "word": "megemeli a mércét"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to raise standards",
          "word": "alzare l'asticella"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to raise standards",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "podnosić poprzeczkę"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to raise standards",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "podnieść poprzeczkę"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to raise standards",
          "word": "levantar o padrão"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podnjátʹ planku",
          "sense": "to raise standards",
          "word": "подня́ть планку"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to raise standards",
          "word": "höja ribban"
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  "word": "raise the bar"
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    {
      "form": "raised the bar",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "raised the bar",
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      "word": "push the envelope"
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    {
      "word": "set the bar"
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        {
          "text": "Acme's new technology will raise the bar for the entire industry.",
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        "To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard."
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          "higher"
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        "(idiomatic) To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard."
      ],
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          "word": "lift the bar"
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      "roman": "da vdígna létvata",
      "sense": "to raise standards",
      "word": "да вди́гна ле́твата"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to raise standards",
      "word": "nostaa rimaa"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to raise standards",
      "word": "mettre la barre plus haut"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to raise standards",
      "word": "megemeli a mércét"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to raise standards",
      "word": "alzare l'asticella"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to raise standards",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to raise standards",
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      "word": "podnieść poprzeczkę"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to raise standards",
      "word": "levantar o padrão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podnjátʹ planku",
      "sense": "to raise standards",
      "word": "подня́ть планку"
    },
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      "sense": "to raise standards",
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