pass muster

Idioms  

1. Meet a required standard, as in That yard cleanup won't pass muster with Mom. This expression originally meant “to undergo a military review without censure,” muster referring to an assembling of troops for inspection or a similar purpose. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

Her excuse for changing the address on your mother’s account does not pass muster, even if your mother has been moved into a hospice facility.

From MarketWatch

That would amount to an additional $650 million per quarter, signaling Paramount’s confidence that its deal would more readily pass muster with regulators than Netflix’s.

From MarketWatch

It isn’t clear whether that plan would also pass muster in the House.

From Barron's

The exit of China’s Tencent and Affinity makes Paramount more dependent on international partners who are likely to pass muster with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, possibly adding more Middle East names to the team.

From MarketWatch

"Will it pass muster with the Constitutional Court? I don't know. We have done our best," Shetty said.

From BBC