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come up to snuff

VERB

pass muster

Synonyms

WEAK

come through with flying colors come up to scratch cut the mustard do credit to fill the bill find favor with get by make it make the cut make the grade measure up meet with approval pass pass inspection prove acceptable recommend itself satisfy requirements stand the test stand up suffice

VERB

qualify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

certify enable entitle meet pass ready score train

STRONG

authorize capacitate commission condition empower endow equip fit ground permit sanction suffice suit

WEAK

check out cut it earn one's wings fill the bill get by hack it make it make the cut make the grade measure up pass muster

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny fail lose

STRONG

disallow dissatisfy refuse reject

WEAK

allow be lenient be unprepared disqualify

Example Sentences

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"I wish that could’ve happened, I would have loved that, but I don’t think I could’ve come up to snuff with her, though."

From Fox News • Aug. 2, 2021

Jane Austen, especially, did not come up to snuff.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2018

Noticeable but not all that surprising, since the site's become notorious for offering eviscerating critiques of any comedy that doesn't come up to snuff.

From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2010

She turned down the leading roles in Sin Town and Pittsburgh because they didn't come up to snuff.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Don’t distress yourself, my dear fellow; I’ll come up to snuff it.”

From The Gorilla Hunters by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

come up to snuff

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