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pass muster

VERB
make the standard
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 meet with approval pass pass inspection prove acceptable recommend itself satisfy requirements stand the test stand up suffice

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That would amount to an additional $650 million per quarter, signaling Paramount’s confidence that its deal would more readily pass muster with regulators than Netflix’s.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

It isn’t clear whether that plan would also pass muster in the House.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The Breuer’s older track lighting system on its upper gallery floors didn’t pass muster for today’s auction needs, said Lisa Dennison, chairman of Sotheby’s Americas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

While she identifies many laws with age-related restrictions, none pass muster under her own distinctive comparative test.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2025

The authorities were extremely strict about this, and the only kind of publication that would pass muster might be a quarterly on actuarial science for a prisoner studying accounting.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.