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set the bar en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To set specific standards or expectations.
    • “I do feel like we should be setting the bar higher for review,” said one adviser, Dr. Amanda Cohn, the director of the division of birth defects and infant disorders at the C.D.C., adding that more data might help clarify questions about the effects on preterm birth. 2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times:
    • to set the bar high; to set the bar low
    • She set the bar at an hour of exercise a day.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sets the bar Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
set the bar Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
set the bar Tense=Past lexicographic
setting the bar Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

raise the bar

Synonyms

put the bar

Translations (5)

pl ustawiać poprzeczkę (Translations) · fr mettre la barre (Translations) · fr placer la barre (Translations) · pl ustawić poprzeczkę (Translations) · fi asettaa rima (Translations)