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lower the bar

reduce expectations

To make the standard or expectation easier to meet.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

I wanted to exercise every day.

Try lowering the bar and start with twice a week.

Play the conversation

I had to lower the bar for my first week at the new job.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I lowered the bar to my goals ~~for~~ this month.

Say: I lowered the bar for my goals this month.

Use “lower the bar for” to say which goals have an easier standard.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

lower the bar; lower the bar for someone or something

Your turn: say it out loud

I had to lower the bar for my first week at the new job.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

lower the bar

reduce expectations

“I had to lower the bar for my first week at the new job.”

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