measure against
phrasal verbmeasure somebody/something against somebody/something
- to compare somebody/something with somebody/something
- The figures are not very good when measured against those of our competitors.
- a series of tasks that measure candidates against each other
- The school's performance is measured against a strict set of criteria.
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