Meaning

1 senses

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

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Has a certain presidential candidate lowered the bar for what may be said in polite society?

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

lowers the bar, lowering the bar, lowered the bar, lowered the bar
Base formlower the bar · to lower the bar
3rd person singularlowers the bar
Present participlelowering the bar
Past simplelowered the bar
Past participlelowered the bar

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylower the bar
he, she, itlowers the bar

Past simpleLesson

all personslowered the bar

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lowered the bar
he, she, ithas lowered the bar

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lower the bar

Antonyms

2 antonyms
raise the barlift the bar

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lowA2lowerB2lowercaselowlandB2
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