Idiom: measure up

Meaning

Idiom: measure up (to someone/something)

to be as good as someone or something else

Example sentences

— My father never thought I’d measure up as a businessman because I was so shy and timid but I’ve been more successful than he is.

— My mother never thought I measured up to my older sister no matter how well I did.

— Lady Gaga’s latest CD does not measure up to the last.

— Unfortunately, this work doesn't measure up to our standards and we'll have to ask the consultant to do a re-write.

— Trying to measure up to your requirements is impossible. I quit.

— It wasn't a good idea to put my son in an advanced math class. He was doing well in the regular course and now his morale is down because he's not measuring up.

— It's easier for our youngest to measure up to his siblings' swimming records because we've learned a lot of things about training and conditioning from their experiences.

— It was depressing to be at a top university where I couldn't measure up to my classmates.

— With photo editing, it's impossible for women to measure up to fake standards but we try anyway and it's causing serious mental health problems.

— A lot of adults' problems in life stem from not feeling like they could measure up when they were children.

Synonyms

make the grade
pass muster
make the cut
come up to snuff
fill the bill
make the cut
amount to

Idiom: measure up

Meaning

Example sentences

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