(Singapore, informal, idiomatic) To set higher standards by overachieving, so others look inferior or unmotivated in comparison.
Instead of working with each other, they bicker and say things like, if you do that, you’ll spoil the market.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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