"expand the limit" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to increase or extend the boundary or scope of something. Example: The government plans to expand the limit for tax deductions next year, providing more relief for middle-income families.
The bill does expand the limit to seven days of detention, from two days, though under some circumstances that could be repeatedly extended by six-month periods.
The exchange raised the limit to 3 cents for yesterday's session because the price fell the normal 1.5 cent limit on Wednesday and will expand the limit again, to 5 cents a pound, for Monday's session.
Another party leadership group has another proposal to expand the limit to three terms.
And the United States has a long proud record of upholding the highest standards of ethics as we expand the limits of science and knowledge.
At the same time, Puerto Ricans were unable to expand the limits of their autonomy to include international diplomacy, such as playing a greater role in Caribbean affairs.
If Kyoto does take effect, we may find that after industries and countries begin to comply, it will be easier to expand the limits of what is politically possible.
The study highlights an emerging field in which researchers are trying to better define and even expand the limits of attention, which is seen as crucial to performance, memory and intelligence.
It's understandable that, forty or more years ago, when moral strictures were tight and held in place by force of law, directors and producers would seek to expand the limits of the permissible, and that actors would (one hopes, willingly) go along with them.
A start-up company plans to announce new antenna technology on Monday that it says can expand the limits of a popular wireless Internet format, providing access to hundreds or even thousands of portable computer users at distances of more than 2,000 feet within buildings and about four miles outdoors.
Rapid development in nanomedicine will expand the limits of operative performance through improved navigation and surgical precision.
Now that it has been tested more broadly, the company decided it was time to expand the limits to ensure that developers "have what they need with our APIs".
