cut it
verb1
Idiomatic To suffice; to be effective or successful.
- Sometimes, professional tools are necessary and homespun solutions just don't cut it.
- I couldn't cut it as a poor man, stealing2001, Nickelback, How You Remind Me:
- Synonyms
- cut the mustard, hack it, pass muster, make the grade, measure up
- Derived terms
- cut it close, cut it fine
- Related terms
- up to snuff, up to par