raise (your) game

to make an effort to improve the way that you play a game.

They're going to have to raise their game if they want to stay in the Premier Division this season.

• make all the running
• make a long story short
• make a man of
• make a man of someone
• make a man out of
• make a man out of someone
• make a mark
• make a martyr of
• make a martyr of someone
• make a martyr of yourself
• make a meal of
• make a meal of something
• make a meal out of
• make a meal out of something
• make amends
• make a mental note
• make a mess of
• make a mess of something
• make a mockery of
• make a mockery of something
• make a monkey of
• make a monkey of someone
• make a monkey out of
• make a monkey out of someone
• make a mountain out of a molehill