come up to scratch

VERB

pass muster

Synonyms

WEAK

come through with flying colors come up to snuff cut the mustard do credit to fill the bill find favor with get by make it make the cut make the grade measure up meet with approval pass pass inspection prove acceptable recommend itself satisfy requirements stand the test stand up suffice

Example Sentences

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Louis van Gaal admits his first six months in charge of Manchester United have not come up to scratch.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2015

Now if they do not come up to scratch they are in danger of losing their funding.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2012

A tough second quarter for investment banking earnings, dragged down by sovereign debt woes in Europe and trading jitters, is prompting many to cut back in areas where revenue has not come up to scratch.

From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2011

Whatever happens with this guy, I hope you start considering this level of kindness as the absolute bare minimum you expect out of future boyfriends, and immediately dumping anyone who can’t come up to scratch.

From Slate

“No—Pridgin is, but of course he won’t come up to scratch, and Wales only enters for the show of the thing.”

From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines

come up to scratch

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