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pass muster
verb as in make the standard
Example Sentences
The field has produced only anecdotal or other evidence that does not pass muster in the scientific community.
Whether or not their decisions would pass muster in a poll or focus group is precisely beside the point.
Coakley says she backs Warren, who might just be too outspoken to pass muster with the Senate.
Bruno was then introduced to each of the scouts, and they seemed to pass muster, for to each one he offered his paw.
A few other changes I was able to make without pausing, and I felt sure I could then pass muster.
It was, compared with the others, pretty good; but needed that comparison to make it pass muster.
A truly impressive spectacle would pass muster for the promised "field of May," and profoundly affect the minds of all present.
It would as readily pass muster for anxiety that he should have remembered something as that he shouldn't.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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