What does measure up mean?
Definitions for measure up
mea·sure up
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Princeton's WordNet
qualify, measure upverb
prove capable or fit; meet requirements
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measure upverb
To meet expectations; to be as good as.
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measure up
To measure up means to reach a certain standard, quality, or requirement, or to prove to be good enough or capable enough for a particular task or challenge. It is often used in the context of being compared or evaluated against a specific criteria or benchmark.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of measure up in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of measure up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of measure up in a Sentence
Before I came to know the Lord, I had been, um, struggling in my self worth, just feeling like, you know, I needed to measure up to all my friends. And I just really began to have a wrong view of who I was and felt like, you know, I gained weight so easily.
When he feels like he has disappointed his parents or can't measure up, he may veer off in another direction.
The State Department official:
It does not measure up, you can not say under any measure that going to Israel is a priority. It is a softball. It's going to be, you could say, a lovefest.
Bob Arum responded by telling the Post that Terence Crawford is claiming racism to cover up Terence Crawford own failures. Do n’t call a man a racist when really this is because of your own failures, his marketability did n’t measure up to this ability and that has absolutely nothing to do with what race he is … The outstanding fact is that Terence’s numbers on PPV have always been dreadful because of his failure to market himself.
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