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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Texas Tech is looking to improve on its 8-5 record from a year ago under McGuire.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
If that attitude becomes pervasive, Palace will struggle to improve on their current situation.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Stade Rennes will look to improve on their twelfth-place finish from last season, and there would be no better way to get things rolling than pulling off the upset in this one.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Offseason focus: Get bigger, faster, stronger, and improve on everything overall.; main focus was on his release getting off the line.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
If that attitude becomes pervasive, Palace will struggle to improve on their current situation.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Stade Rennes will look to improve on their twelfth-place finish from last season, and there would be no better way to get things rolling than pulling off the upset in this one.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Offseason focus: Get bigger, faster, stronger, and improve on everything overall.; main focus was on his release getting off the line.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Improve on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/improve%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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