MEASURE UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does measure up mean? 

• MEASURE UP (verb)
  The verb MEASURE UP has 1 sense:

1. prove capable or fit; meet requirements

  Familiarity information: MEASURE UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEASURE UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prove capable or fit; meet requirements

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

measure up; qualify

Hypernyms (to "measure up" is one way to...):

answer; do; serve; suffice (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

You were born to measure up.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Saturn and Pluto will oppose the moon, so you will feel pressure to measure up and complete the project in its polished form.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you stayed with the project, you discovered the way to measure up to the expectations of your editor, professor, editor, investors, or another person you were presenting your work to, and you will ultimately achieve your goal.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)