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lifting one's game

lifting one's game is the present participle and gerund of lift one's game.

Meaning of lift one's game

Verb

lift one's game (third-person singular simple present lifts one's game, present participle lifting one's game, simple past and past participle lifted one's game)

  1. (Australia, idiomatic) To improve one's performance through practice or additional effort.
    • The team has lifted their game since last season.

Questions about lifting one's game

What is lifting one's game the present participle and gerund of?
Lifting one's game is the present participle and gerund of lift one's game.

Words near lifting one's game in the dictionary

  1. lifting down
  2. lifting gas
  3. lifting gases
  4. lifting gasses
  5. lifting off
  6. lifting one's game
  7. lifting oneself up by one's boot-tags
  8. lifting oneself up by one's bootstraps
  9. lifting oneself up by one's own boot-tags
  10. lifting oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  11. lifting oneself up by one's own waistbands

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