measure up
(adverb) to determine the size of (something) by measurement
measure up to to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
Words Nearby measure up
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use measure up in a sentence
They believe in traditional metrics of talent, and are willing to pay for those who measure up.
Five Lessons the Faltering Music Industry Could Learn From TV | Ted Gioia | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut how does it measure up against the best rap disses ever?
The 9 Greatest Rap Disses: Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, 2Pac & More | Marlow Stern | August 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt would then be up to them to measure up to what might be a last opportunity for progress.
Israel’s Election Could Be Bad News for Netanyahu | Robert Shrum | January 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLet's take a tour of those studies and see how they measure up.
How does this measure up to past conventions as an activist?
Medea Benjamin and Code Pink Protest the RNC in Tampa | Lynn Waddell | August 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
He looked like a mountaineer and could hardly be expected to measure up to the bluegrass requirements of courtesy.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckUndoubtedly McGee was in great form and he might well be expected to measure up to his best to-day.
Corporal Cameron | Ralph Connor"Even taller than Phil Tremont," she thought, and Phil was her standard of all that a man should measure up to in every way.
Mary Ware's Promised Land | Annie Fellows JohnstonBrand's a stand-offish kind of cuss, but he don't measure up so much higher than other folks as what he thinks, mebbe.
Pippin; A Wandering Flame | Laura E. RichardsAccording to the canons of perfection he did not measure up to the standard.
The Chalice Of Courage | Cyrus Townsend Brady
Other Idioms and Phrases with measure up
Be the equal of, as in Is he a good enough actor to measure up to the other members of the cast? [Early 1900s]
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