improve on
Do one better
To improve on something is to make it better or to produce something superior to an existing version: She improved on her previous time by three seconds, The sequel improves on the original.
The phrase implies a baseline for comparison—you can't improve on something without measuring against what came before.
- betterOf higher quality
- do betterIncrease your performance
- surpassExceed in achievement
- exceedGo past a limit
- go one betterExceed a previous effort
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