lower the bar



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lower the bar

To lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something. Soaring rents have really lowered the bar for where people are willing to live these days. During the economic boom, regulators lowered the bar for investment bankers' accountability.
See also: bar, lower

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HineHEE-neMaori
Feofilakt-Russian
Leonidlye-ah-NEET (Russian), lee-ah-NEET (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian
ErosER-aws (English)Greek Mythology
JolieJO-lee (English), zho-LEE (French)English, Various
Polykarpos-Ancient Greek