Brings the higher floors to the standard of the others (6,2)

I believe the answer is:

levels up

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'the standard of the others' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'brings the higher floors' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'higher' could be 'up' and 'up' is located in the answer.
'floors' could be 'levels' ('level' can be a synonym of 'floor') and 'levels' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

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