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feel up to

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  1. Consider oneself capable or able to do something, as in Do you feel up to a three-mile run? or I don't feel up to another evening out. [Late 1800s] Also see equal to; up to.


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As a result, pedestrians in the cool canyon can feel up to 1.5 degrees Celsius cooler.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

If you don’t feel up to the job, well—the best thing you can do for your country might actually be to admit it.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2023

We spent a lot of time with land planners and architects, trying to get these places to really feel up to the place rather than trying to impose our own aesthetics from project to project.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

"Harry Styles doesn't feel up to the material here, with leaden line delivery and a lack of light and shade making his scenes opposite Pugh fall flat," wrote Steph Green.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2022

“I see you don’t feel up to an evening out. I’ll call Madu and cancel dinner.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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