raise the bar
To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard.
Acme's new technology will raise the bar for the entire industry.
raise
/ɹeɪz/
noun 6verb 5
Collocations
5ADJ.
animal, automatic, new, periodical, right
We need to raise the minimum wage to help workers afford housing costs.
VERB + RAISE
cannot, don't, expect, gave, given, got, order, pay
I don't expect to raise enough money for the new car this year.
RAISE + NOUN
cattle, employer, eyebrow, money, quell, year
She raised an eyebrow when her colleague suggested working through the weekend again.
PREP.
in, in, with
She raised her concerns with the manager about the new work schedule.
ADV.
again, once
She raised her hand again to ask another question during the meeting.
Definitions
verb
1
To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
the flag was raised
2
To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
I will raise forts against thee.
3
To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
4
To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
to raise Sandy Hook light
5
To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
noun
1
Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
The boss gave me a raise.
2
A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
3
A bet that increases the previous bet.
4
A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
1944 United States. Bureau of Mines • War Minerals Report 386. Google books It was necessary to spile through the vug, as it was filled with mud. A raise was driven 55 feet to the surface in this vug for ventilation, and it was completed just as the demand for optical calcite ceased. The underground drifts were left well timbered, and mining of this deposit could be started with very little preliminary work.
5
A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
noun
1
A cairn or pile of stones.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — cause to become alive again
- resurrect
- upraise
verb — put an end to
verb — invigorate or heighten
verb — move upwards
Idioms & Phrases
raise Cain
Synonym of raise hell.
Those damned boys have been out drinking and raising Cain again tonight.
raise someone's hackles
To annoy or anger someone.
Every time I hear him talk, he just raises my hackles.
raise the flag and see who salutes
To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy (if any) it generates, usually as a preliminary step.
Much of the discourse on and the spirit of group interaction have an improvisational flavor: we “float trial balloons” in the groups we belong to or “raise a flag and see who salut
raise hell
To cause a considerable disturbance.
Near-synonyms: (disturb loudly) raise the dead, wake the dead
Example Bank
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to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
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the flag was raised
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With the completion of the preliminary work of raising bridges on the Mauldeth Road-Wilmslow line, to accommodate overhead electrical equipment, further work has been put in hand on bridges on the Lon
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The boss gave me a raise.
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1944 United States. Bureau of Mines • War Minerals Report 386. Google books It was necessary to spile through the vug, as it was filled with mud. A raise was driven 55 feet to the surface in this vug
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The only useful answers are those that raise new questions.
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