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make the cut
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make the grade |
| Synonyms: | cut the mustard, hack it, make it |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become ready, prepared |
| Synonyms: | authorize, capacitate, certify, check out, come up to snuff, commission, condition, cut it, earn one's wings, empower, enable, endow, entitle, equip, fill the bill, fit, get by, ground, hack it, make it, make the cut, make the grade, measure up, meet, pass, pass muster, permit, ready, sanction, score, suffice, suit, train |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |
| Antonyms: | be unprepared, disqualify |
| Main Entry: | survive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue to live |
| Synonyms: | be extant, be left, bear, carry on, carry through, come through, cut it, endure, exist, get on, get through, go all the way, go the limit, handle, hold out, keep, keep afloat, last, live, live down, live on, live out, live through, make a comeback, make the cut, outlast, outlive, outwear, persevere, persist, pull out of it, pull through, recover, remain, remain alive, revive, ride out, see through, stand up, subsist, suffer, sustain, tough it out, weather, withstand |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
| Antonyms: | cease, die |
| Main Entry: | pass muster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make the standard |
| Synonyms: | come through with flying colors, come up to scratch, come up to snuff, 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 |
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