making the grade
Example Sentences
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Being employed by a top professional club without ever making the grade can take some getting over.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2022
Students at a San Francisco high school stress out about making the grade in the 2021 documentary “Try Harder!” on “Independent Lens.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2022
These days, even partners with strong legal skills and a few clients aren’t making the grade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2016
These eight charismatic business leaders did just that when they gave their commencement addresses, making the grade for this unofficial list of the best quotes.
From Time • Jun. 19, 2015
It had slowed up some making the grade, and while they watched it what should dart out from a bunch of scrub oak but the active figure of Wilfred Lennox.
From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon
