Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raising the bar

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
rais-ing the bar
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of raise the bar

Questions

What does raising the bar mean?
present participle and gerund of raise the bar

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