improve on/upon sth
— phrasal verb with improve uk/ɪmˈpruːv/us/ɪmˈpruːv/verb [ I or T ]
to do something in a better way or with better results than before:
Last time she ran the race in 20 minutes, so she's hoping to improve on that.
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Becoming better
- alive
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- come along
- consolidate
- move
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- perk up
- pick
- pickup
- rally
- shape
- straighten up
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- turn the corner idiom
- warm
- warm up
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