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

Do you think Citigroup can improve on its profitability gains?

From The Wall Street Journal

On Saturday, the Rams must improve on their Week 13 performance against the Panthers.

From Los Angeles Times

Arrowhead said that the new data suggests that such drugs may be able to improve on the weaknesses of the existing weight loss medicines.

From Barron's

Joe Root and Harry Brook are denied the chance to improve on their 154-run partnership as bad light and rain cut day one of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney short, leaving England on 211-3.

From BBC

As both volume and sales mix improve on quarter in 4Q, Citi also expects quarterly gross profit margin to improve as well by 0.6-1.5 percentage points, sequentially.

From The Wall Street Journal