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"To improve one's performance, or the quality of one's work."
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"(idiomatic, colloquial) To improve one's performance, or the quality of one's work."
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},
{
"word": "raise one's game"
},
{
"word": "up one's game"
}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "petrata"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "tsempata"
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"imperfective"
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"To improve one's performance, or the quality of one's work."
],
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"(idiomatic, colloquial) To improve one's performance, or the quality of one's work."
],
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"word": "lift one's game"
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{
"word": "raise one's game"
},
{
"word": "up one's game"
}
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"word": "podnosić poprzeczkę"
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"word": "step up one's game"
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