Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raised the bar

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables
raised the bar
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does raised the bar mean?
simple past and past participle of raise the bar

How to pronounce raised the bar

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