to improve on

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to improve on - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Improve \Im*prove"\, v. i.
     1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is
        desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in
        health.
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              We take care to improve in our frugality and
              diligence.                            --Atterbury.
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     2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
        "Domitian improved in cruelty." --Milner.
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     3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the
        price of cotton improves.
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     To improve on or To improve upon, to make useful
        additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer
        to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.
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