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Phrase(s): a notch above (someone or something) [and] a notch better than (someone or something) Fig. a little higher in quality than someone or something. • This latest candidate we interviewed seems a notch above the rest, so let’s hire her. • That telescope is a notch better than the others in terms of magnification.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs