measure up
verb
measured up; measuring up; measures up
1
: to have necessary or fitting qualifications
—often used with to
2
: to be the equal (as in ability)
—used with to
Examples of measure up in a Sentence
he always worried about measuring up to his older brother
Recent Examples on the Web
While this receiver class doesn’t measure up to last year — a crop of draftees where three of the top nine picks in 2024 were receivers — it could be filled with at least half a dozen No. 1 targets.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
One of the best hitters in baseball with insane on-base abilities and power to go with it, Soto’s defense has never measured up to his offense.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
How Colorado's unemployment rate measures up to the U.S.
Colorado’s January 2025 unemployment rate was 4.7%, higher than the U.S. rate of 4.0%.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
For over a decade, his career path has included detours into forgettable international action-dramas — the kind of paychecks artists accept when their opportunities aren’t measuring up to their ambitions.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
One of the best hitters in baseball with insane on-base abilities and power to go with it, Soto’s defense has never measured up to his offense.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
How Colorado's unemployment rate measures up to the U.S.
Colorado’s January 2025 unemployment rate was 4.7%, higher than the U.S. rate of 4.0%.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
For over a decade, his career path has included detours into forgettable international action-dramas — the kind of paychecks artists accept when their opportunities aren’t measuring up to their ambitions.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Measure up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/measure%20up. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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