Mar 10, 2016 10:20
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bring along on a notch or two
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About 2 great hurdlers who were rivals: Ed Moses and Danny Harris.
Sometimes you have these world class leaders who drag everybody else along with them in their vortex. Breaking that sound barrier brought everybody else along on a notch or two.
Does "bring everybody else along on a notch or two" mean that after their rivalry ended the rest of the hurdlers can perform better?
Thank you.
About 2 great hurdlers who were rivals: Ed Moses and Danny Harris.
Sometimes you have these world class leaders who drag everybody else along with them in their vortex. Breaking that sound barrier brought everybody else along on a notch or two.
Does "bring everybody else along on a notch or two" mean that after their rivalry ended the rest of the hurdlers can perform better?
Thank you.
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Yvonne Gallagher
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makes everyone else improve a bit also
imo
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Note added at 6 mins (2016-03-10 10:27:21 GMT)
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"a notch" usually refers to a mark to show quantity of some sort...eg a notch on a gun=how many killed, a notch on a bed post how many women (or men!) you've had sex withand so on
In this context these 2 hurdlers are just so good that it makes everyone else up their game (=improve) in order to give any sort of competition at all
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Note added at 6 mins (2016-03-10 10:27:21 GMT)
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"a notch" usually refers to a mark to show quantity of some sort...eg a notch on a gun=how many killed, a notch on a bed post how many women (or men!) you've had sex withand so on
In this context these 2 hurdlers are just so good that it makes everyone else up their game (=improve) in order to give any sort of competition at all
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Jonathan MacKerron
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"a notch or two" = a little bit/to a certain extent
Peer comment(s):
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Cilian O'Tuama
: though I'm more familiar with "bring UP a notch or two"
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