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Definition of match up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

match up

phrasal verb
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match up (to somebody/something)
  1. (usually used in negative sentences) to be as good, interesting, successful as somebody/something synonym measure up (to something/somebody)
    • The trip failed to match up to her expectations.
    • Anyone who doesn’t match up (= who is not as good as expected) is soon fired.
match up (with something)
  1. to be the same or similar synonym tally, agree
    • The suspects' stories just don't match up.
match something up (with something)
  1. to find things that belong together or that look attractive together
    • She spent the morning matching up orders with invoices.
    • We have to match up the right pet with the right owner.
See match up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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