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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Conditions expected to gradually improve on Sunday but remain poor statewide into Monday morning.
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
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Green, whose name has been connected to Durant and other stars in trade rumors, is determined to improve upon his playoff struggles and wants to stay in Houston, league sources say.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 14 June 2025
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Can Servite improve on its performance at the Brave 8?
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
Newer ADCs leading the space, such as Enhertu from AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo, improve on that design and are moving closer to becoming standard treatments for certain cancers.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 17 June 2025
Green, whose name has been connected to Durant and other stars in trade rumors, is determined to improve upon his playoff struggles and wants to stay in Houston, league sources say.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 14 June 2025
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“Improve on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/improve%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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