🇺🇸 English Expressions: Taking It Up a Notch 🔥💪
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 👇 WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER! 🤝 English Expressions page in the Classroom 👉https://www.skool.com/lme/classroom/c7105c70?md=a0522a36e24d4286a880b2f958b8f1ea