step up one's game

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step up one's game (third-person singular simple present steps up one's game, present participle stepping up one's game, simple past and past participle stepped up one's game)

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To improve one's performance, or the quality of one's work.

   Synonyms: lift one's game, raise one's game, up one's game, up the game