improve on

Idioms  

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

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Example Sentences

"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

One-third of melanoma patients who failed to improve on other immunotherapies experienced remission on one of these experimental treatments by Replimune.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tomono, who is vying to land one of Japan's three men's Olympic team spots for the Winter Games, is hoping to improve on a fourth-place finish at Skate Canada, where he was second after the short program but was pipped for bronze by compatriot Kao Miura.

From Barron's

Tomono is hoping to improve on a fourth-place finish at Skate Canada, where he was second after the short program but was pipped for bronze by compatriot Kao Miura.

From Barron's