It’s just a weasel word that can mean anything. Avoid weasel words. In your situation, why not just say I’m going to put my current efforts and focus on X as you clearly meant.
I find it truly incredible that someone feels the way you do.
If someone told me I was doing above average and they appreciated my work, I would feel... appreciated and proud of my work.
The world where killing and crushing are used in an unironic way is tiny and occupied mostly by people under 30. Can you retire at 30?
That is literally what they said, using a colloquialism that has exactly the desired meaning.