English
Pronunciation
Verb
measure up (third-person singular simple present measures up, present participle measuring up, simple past and past participle measured up)
- (idiomatic) To meet expectations; to be as good as.
It's a passable substitute, but it will never measure up to the original.
Translations
To meet expectations; to be as good as
- German: gleichziehen (de) (often used with mit (etwas, jemandem)), gleichkommen (de) (with dative case), ein Vergleich sein (chiefly in the negative, often used with zu (etwas, jemandem)), auf der Höhe sein
- Hungarian: megfelel (hu)
- Italian: essere all'altezza
- Polish: mierzyć siły na zamiary (pl) impf
- Romanian: fi la înălțimea, (usually with the negative particle nu) se compara (ro)
- Russian: соотве́тствовать (ru) (sootvétstvovatʹ), удовлетворя́ть (ru) (udovletvorjátʹ)
- Spanish: dar la talla (es), estar a la altura, competir con
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