make the grade
Example Sentences
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But the band’s early attempts to make the grade had fallen flat on its face.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025
How difficult is it to make the grade - and which now famous artists failed to persuade the Academy of their genius?
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2023
The class’s first video to make the grade showed scenes from campus edited together.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023
Some historians speculated he failed to make the grade at the academy.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023
Some of us tried to get aft as soon as we were clear of the Seagull, but couldn’t make the grade over the wreck of the bridge.
From Sea-Hounds by Freeman, Lewis R.
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