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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Needs to improve on his anticipatory throws and off-schedule playmaking, but Dart could improve immensely with Kellen Moore’s coaching.
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
But all great shows need to change, evolve, and improve upon themselves so that, like so many times in church growing up, the repetition doesn’t cause the parishioners to zone out.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
Conservators took 19 years to restore the work, which went back on view in 2015, but Factum Arte sought to improve upon it by scanning, printing, and casting each of the fragments before reassembling it.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
All of those aspects are things Caleb Williams and the Bears offense need to improve on from last season.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
But all great shows need to change, evolve, and improve upon themselves so that, like so many times in church growing up, the repetition doesn’t cause the parishioners to zone out.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
Conservators took 19 years to restore the work, which went back on view in 2015, but Factum Arte sought to improve upon it by scanning, printing, and casting each of the fragments before reassembling it.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
All of those aspects are things Caleb Williams and the Bears offense need to improve on from last season.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for improve on/upon
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“Improve on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/improve%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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