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lower the bar
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (idiom) (to lower the standard)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. bajar el listón
I think they really lowered the bar with this season of the show.Me parece que bajaron notablemente el listón con esta temporada de la serie.
b. bajar la barra (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Our bosses will have to lower the bar. Those targets are impossible to meet.Nuestros jefes tendrán que bajar la barra. Esos objetivos son imposibles de cumplir.
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