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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

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What does it mean when you tell someone that he has to put up the walls?
  

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Without context, either that he must build some walls, or that he must protect himself in some way from invasive interest.

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  • Without context, either that he must build some walls, or that he must protect himself in some way from invasive interest.
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Without context, either that he must build some walls, or that he must protect himself in some way from invasive interest.
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OK, here's the context:

You do your job, you do your best.
But you have to move on. You have to put up the walls.

So, any ideas?
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The usual idiom is "to raise the bar" = make your aims more testing.

I don't know where you are finding these usages, but they are slightly off and incorrect.
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