measure up

English

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Verb

measure up (third-person singular simple present measures up, present participle measuring up, simple past and past participle measured up)

1. (idiomatic) To meet expectations; to be as good as.

   It's a passable substitute, but it will never measure up to the original.

Translations

To meet expectations; to be as good as

• German: gleichziehen (de) (often used with mit (etwas, jemandem)), gleichkommen (de) (with dative case), ein Vergleich sein (chiefly in the negative, often used with zu (etwas, jemandem)), auf der Höhe sein
• Hungarian: megfelel (hu)
• Italian: essere all'altezza
• Polish: mierzyć siły na zamiary (pl) impf
• Romanian: fi la înălțimea, (usually with the negative particle nu) se compara (ro)
• Russian: соотве́тствовать (ru) (sootvétstvovatʹ), удовлетворя́ть (ru) (udovletvorjátʹ)
• Spanish: dar la talla (es)