Improve upon
Perfect and improve upon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perfect" instead a verb "Improve upon".
Perfect
Perfect verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.
Improve upon and perfect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Improve upon" instead a verb "Perfect".
Both terms in one sentence
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Seeing classic cars as perfect, he saw no need to try to improve upon them, and thus built them by the book.
Source: Series / Home Improvement
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