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.

Examples of improve on/upon in a Sentence

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Members of Congress and former military leaders have been in discussions over the last few years about how to expand and improve upon this child care program to boost army recruitment even further. —Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 4 June 2024

Meanwhile, Target has implemented new security measures and changed policies to try to improve on its usage of the technology. —David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024

The team, under the helm of head coach Noelle Quinn, hope that the star backcourt will help the team improve on a 13-27 season in 2023. —Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2024

In the process, Chinese firms learned the basics of solar photovoltaics and began to improve on existing methods of producing them. —Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023

Her first scan gave her a benchmark to improve upon. —Allison Aubrey, NPR, 3 June 2024

That’s possible green-room territory if the San Antonio native can maintain or improve on that spot following one-on-one workouts with teams the next couple weeks. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2024

Paramount insiders are hopeful that the forecast will improve on Saturday as parents and kids turn out in force. —Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024

Acceleration figures have not been released, but the Midsummer is claimed to improve on the Plus Six’s time of 4.2 seconds from zero to 62 mph. —Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 16 May 2024