refine on

[refine on] or [refine upon] {v.}

1. To make better; improve.

* /Mary was asked to refine on her first outline to make it clearer and more exact./

2. To be better than; surpass.

* /Modern medical techniques refine on those of the past./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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