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Definition 2025

measure_up

measure up

English

Verb

(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

Hungarian: megfelel (hu)
Italian: essere all'altezza
Romanian: fi la înălțimea, (usually with the negative particle nu) se compara (ro)

Russian: соотве́тствовать (ru) ‎(sootvétstvovatʹ), удовлетворя́ть (ru) ‎(udovletvorjátʹ)
Spanish: dar la talla