come up to snuff
Example Sentences
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"I wish that could’ve happened, I would have loved that, but I don’t think I could’ve come up to snuff with her, though."
From Fox News ● Aug. 2, 2021
Jane Austen, especially, did not come up to snuff.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2018
Noticeable but not all that surprising, since the site's become notorious for offering eviscerating critiques of any comedy that doesn't come up to snuff.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2010
She turned down the leading roles in Sin Town and Pittsburgh because they didn't come up to snuff.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Don’t distress yourself, my dear fellow; I’ll come up to snuff it.”
From The Gorilla Hunters by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
