measure up
Example Sentences
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They’re standards that “Dead Man” aims to measure up to, as well as templates it wants to subvert.
From Los Angeles Times
Continuing with the toughness theme, Cronin compared playing Arizona to “World War III,” “a bloodbath” and a fight that would let his players know how they measure up against another heavyweight team.
From Los Angeles Times
The veteran character actor Michael Shannon is adequate in the part, but even among today’s superstars few measure up to Tracy, and Mr. Shannon is not a superstar.
His first job’s pay, at $26,000, didn’t measure up to what his friends were making, he says.
But it isn’t yet clear that the summit’s concrete results will measure up to that high standard.
From Los Angeles Times
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