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making the grade
noun as in competence
Example Sentences
Ava isn’t making the grade either as a realtor.
Being employed by a top professional club without ever making the grade can take some getting over.
There has also been an increase in the number of female honourees, with Tina Turner, Carole King, Janet Jackson and Nina Simone all making the grade.
Students at a San Francisco high school stress out about making the grade in the 2021 documentary “Try Harder!” on “Independent Lens.”
An “A” student suspects that some of her classmates are making the grade without really trying in the new TV movie “Cheating for Your Life.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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