measure up
Verb
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Verb
measure up (third-person singular simple present measures up, present participle measuring up, simple past and past participle measured up)
- (idiomatic) To meet expectations; to be as good as.
- It's a passable substitute, but it will never measure up to the original.
- German: gleichziehen (often used with mit (etwas, jemandem)), gleichkommen (with dative case), ein Vergleich sein (chiefly in the negative), auf der Höhe sein
- Italian: essere all'altezza
- Russian: соотве́тствовать
- Spanish: dar la talla
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