cut the mustard
Example Sentences
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The unpopular move failed to cut the mustard with fans — even in the highest branches of state government.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024
That little aside about “being clear about taking it slow” is not going to cut the mustard, my friend, and you must know that on some level.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2019
For his or any other NFL team, that’ll more than cut the mustard, but it won’t be quite enough to get the ketchup.
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2018
If you get hostile and sort of look a bit blokey, a bit rugby club-y, it won't cut the mustard here'.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2017
She told him, "Reindeer flying from house to house in a population of 6 billion people in 6 habitable continents just doesn't cut the mustard."
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
