Step up Your Game.
English
idiom
Improve your performance or skills in order to achieve better results.
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Improve your performance or skills in order to achieve better results.
Trusted by1M+English learners & teachers worldwide
To raise your effort because the current level isn't good enough.
When you step up your game, you do better work in the face of tougher demands.
It is used as a challenge to push someone to improve.
"Raise the Bar"
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Setting a higher standard of performance or expectation for everyone going forward
"Up Your Ante"
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Increasing what you are putting in — your effort, investment, or commitment — in a competitive situation
"Step up Your Game"
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Improving your performance to meet higher demands or competition
The competition has gotten much better — what we're doing now won't cut it anymore.
Understood — I'll review what they're doing and we'll step up our game this quarter.
I keep losing bids to the same competitor.
Look at what they're doing differently and step up your game — your pricing or your pitch.
What made you completely change your approach in the second half of the year?
I realized I had to step up my game — the bar had moved and I hadn't moved with it.
