measure up

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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.

Translations

To meet expectations; to be as good as

German: gleichziehen (de) (often used with mit (etwas, jemandem)), gleichkommen (de) (with dative case), ein Vergleich sein (chiefly in the negative, often used with zu (etwas, jemandem)), auf der Höhe sein
Hungarian: megfelel (hu)
Italian: essere all'altezza
Polish: mierzyć siły na zamiary (pl) impf
Romanian: fi la înălțimea, (usually with the negative particle nu) se compara (ro)
Russian: соотве́тствовать (ru) (sootvétstvovatʹ), удовлетворя́ть (ru) (udovletvorjátʹ)
Spanish: dar la talla (es)

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