measure up
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RuPaul enters the fold and steals the show, and suddenly, none of the quips and bits can quite measure up to his delivery.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Referees are graded after every game and those who don’t measure up in their first match don’t work another one.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Its forecasts Thursday for a key profitability metric didn’t measure up to what some on Wall Street had expected.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
But it is possible to look at the general trend and how the nations measure up to their own targets.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
If Donovan Curtis didn’t measure up to Lee standards, that hardly made him stupid.
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
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