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lower the bar

lower the bar verb: to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something.

Verb

lower the bar (third-person singular simple present lowers the bar, present participle lowering the bar, simple past and past participle lowered the bar)

  1. (idiomatic) to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something.

Antonyms of lower the bar

Forms of lower the bar

third-person singular presentlowers the bar
present participlelowering the bar
past participlelowered the bar
pastlowered the bar

Questions about lower the bar

What does lower the bar mean?
Lower the bar means to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something.
What part of speech is lower the bar?
Lower the bar is a verb.
What is the past tense of lower the bar?
The past tense of lower the bar is lowered the bar.

Words near lower the bar in the dictionary

  1. Lower Svaneti
  2. Lower Sydenham
  3. Lower Tanana
  4. lower than a snake's belly
  5. lower than whaleshit
  6. lower the bar
  7. lower the boom
  8. lower third
  9. lower thirds
  10. Lower Thorpe
  11. Lower Township

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