measure up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

measure up

1. (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

• Hungarian: megfelel (hu)
• Italian: essere all'altezza
• Romanian: fi la înălțimea, (usually with the negative particle nu) se compara (ro)
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• Russian: соотве́тствовать (ru) (sootvétstvovatʹ), удовлетворя́ть (ru) (udovletvorjátʹ)
• Spanish: dar la talla (es)