raise the bar

Meaning

1. to set a new, higher standard of quality or performance

   The factory has raised the bar on productivity, food safety and quality.

In the movies · 1

• No client contact until you raise the quality bar in your performance.Velvet Buzzsaw2019

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• raise your eyebrows
• raise your glass
• raise hell
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• make hackles rise
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