"turn something into an art form" meaning in English

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      "form": "turned something into an art form",
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          "ref": "1994, David Helwig, Just Say the Words, page 217:",
          "text": "She was glad Martin had called. It would be good to have a natter with him. He always lifted her spirits. She had once told him that he had turned self-pity into an art form, but he was always good for a laugh.",
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          "ref": "2011, Seán Lang, British History For Dummies, page 112:",
          "text": "Kings in those days were no strangers to spin and propaganda – look at King Alfred and his carefully crafted Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (see Chapter 6) – but it took the Normans to turn it into an art form.",
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          "text": "Of course, Georgie decided to take their definition of messing up and turn it into an art form.",
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        "To develop something to an impressive or excessive degree."
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