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lifts one's game

lifts one's game is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lifts one's game

What is lifts one's game the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lifts one's game is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lift one's game.

Words near lifts one's game in the dictionary

  1. lifts
  2. lifts a finger
  3. lifts all boats
  4. lifts down
  5. lifts off
  6. lifts one's game
  7. lifts oneself up by one's boot-tags
  8. lifts oneself up by one's bootstraps
  9. lifts oneself up by one's own boot-tags
  10. lifts oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  11. lifts oneself up by one's own waistbands

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