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above the curve

above the curve prepositional phrase: with above average innovative performance or quality, especially a trailblazer developing advances before competitors.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) With above average innovative performance or quality, especially a trailblazer developing advances before competitors.

Questions about above the curve

What does above the curve mean?
Above the curve means with above average innovative performance or quality, especially a trailblazer developing advances before competitors.
What part of speech is above the curve?
Above the curve is a prepositional phrase.

Words near above the curve in the dictionary

  1. above oneself
  2. above par
  3. above proof
  4. above stairs
  5. above the board
  6. above the curve
  7. above the fold
  8. above the fray
  9. above the law
  10. above the line
  11. above the neck rule

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