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Definition of measure up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

measure up

 phrasal verb
phrasal verb
 
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Phrasal Verbs

measure up (to something/somebody)

 
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(usually used in negative sentences and questions) to be as good, successful, etc. as expected or needed synonym match up to somebody/something Last year's team just didn't measure up. The job failed to measure up to her expectations.
See measure up in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary