improve on/upon
phrasal verb
improved on/upon; improving on/upon; improves on/upon
: to do better than (something previously done)
After months of study, I improved on my original score.
It'll be hard to improve upon the success they had last year.
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Domestic box office revenues in 2024 fell to $8.75 billion, down 3.3% from last year, marking first time post-pandemic that yearly revenues didn’t improve upon the last.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
Marshall spent the off-season lead up to the Pipe Pro living in Hawaii, on his best days surfing six to eight hours and working to improve on his barrel riding.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
That situation has left Trump with a potential dilemma: How to improve on the economic results of the Biden administration in an economy that is arguably operating at full employment with output and rates of growth near or beyond the limits of its potential.
—Howard Schneider, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
But to actually claim the conference title, the Cyclones had best improve on a run defense that ranked 110th nationally last year, allowing 188.4 yards per game.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
Marshall spent the off-season lead up to the Pipe Pro living in Hawaii, on his best days surfing six to eight hours and working to improve on his barrel riding.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
That situation has left Trump with a potential dilemma: How to improve on the economic results of the Biden administration in an economy that is arguably operating at full employment with output and rates of growth near or beyond the limits of its potential.
—Howard Schneider, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
But to actually claim the conference title, the Cyclones had best improve on a run defense that ranked 110th nationally last year, allowing 188.4 yards per game.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Improve on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/improve%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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