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improve on

Idioms

Make beneficial additions or changes to, as in The company is trying to improve on the previous model. [Late 1600s]

Example Sentences

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Luckily, your own personal money situation is often something you can control, or at least improve on.

From MarketWatch

Maresca says the goal for the season is simply to improve on last year, when they finished fourth, qualified for the Champions League and won both the Club World Cup and Conference League.

From BBC

New England quarterback Drake Maye admitted the defeat after leading 21-0 "stings", and insisted his team had learnt "some things we've got to improve on" against the Ravens.

From Barron's

"We just need to analyse where we've been, what's been good, areas that we can improve on," Hamilton says.

From BBC

XLight is seeking to improve on just one component of the EUV process: the crucially important lasers that etch complex microscopic patterns onto chemical-treated silicon wafers.

From The Wall Street Journal

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