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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Afterwards, Mahomes said that, despite the win, there is plenty to improve on for the Chiefs, the only team left in the NFL which has yet to be defeated. —

Ben Morse, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024 How does Metaphor ReFantazio improve on Persona? The way Metaphor ReFantazio handles these ideas is a far cry from the Persona games. —

Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024 Secta doesn’t share your photos with a third party but may use them to help improve on its own AI models. —

Cory Dawson, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2024 Jim reiterated his stance that PC sales also will eventually improve on the back of AI adoption. —

Kevin Stankiewicz,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for improve on/upon

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