measure up
verb1
Idiomatic To meet expectations; to be as good as.
- It's a passable substitute, but it will never measure up to the original.
- Related terms
- live up to
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
verb
Idiomatic To meet expectations; to be as good as.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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