measure up

verb

1. adverb to determine the size of (something) by measurement
2. measure up to
   to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)

Example Sentences

Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, no Democratic president measured up to the Biden-Harris administration’s progressive street cred since LBJ’s Great Society.

From Salon

Make your way to La Jolla Shores Beach, where you can swim with leopard sharks measuring up to five feet long.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t think I measured up to being as funny as him by any means, but it was fun to speak with him, for sure.

From Los Angeles Times

Multiple copies of the AI were generated by this evolution as the competing AI pilots measured up to each other’s changing tactics.

From BBC

“It definitely measured up” to expectations, Cooper said.

From Los Angeles Times

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