🇺🇸 English Expressions: Taking It Up a Notch 🔥💪

Serge Gray

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Dec '25 (edited) • 🗣️ General discussion

Hey everyone! 👋

Today’s expression is “taking it up a notch.” 🔥

👉 It means to increase intensity, quality, or effort — making something better, stronger, or more exciting than before.

Origin:

This phrase comes from mechanics and engineering, where a “notch” is a small increment or level. To take it up a notch literally meant to move a lever or control to the next level. Over time, it entered everyday English to mean stepping things up. ⚙️

Examples:

• The team was doing well, but the coach wanted to take it up a notch. 🏀

• This recipe is good, but adding more spices really takes it up a notch. 🌶️

• She wanted to impress the audience, so she took her performance up a notch. 🎤

Now it’s your turn! 💬

Drop your own sentence using “taking it up a notch” below 👇

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