meet with approval

VERB

click

Synonyms

STRONGEST

get on

STRONG

go match succeed

WEAK

be compatible be on same wavelength become clear come off feel a rapport go off well go over hit it off make a hit make sense pan out prove out take to each other

VERB

pass muster

Synonyms

WEAK

come through with flying colors come up to scratch 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 pass pass inspection prove acceptable recommend itself satisfy requirements stand the test stand up suffice

Example Sentences

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But his experiments did not always meet with approval.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2018

It is therefore interesting to see which of these options meet with approval.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2014

In itself, this aspect of the chapter could only meet with approval from most of the council members.

From Time Magazine Archive

Feeling rather nervous and a little uncertain whether she would meet with approval or a rebuff, she carried her scheme to Miss Mitchell's study.

From Monitress Merle by Brazil, Angela

To be a king, to have money, to live in splendor, to meet with approval from few or many,—is accidental, is something which may happen to an ignorant, a heartless, a depraved, a vulgar man.

From Education and the Higher Life by Spalding, J. L.

meet with approval

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