Usually means: Meet or exceed required standards.
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  1. cut the mustard: Merriam-Webster
  2. cut the mustard: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cut the mustard: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cut the mustard: Wiktionary
  5. cut the mustard: Dictionary.com
  6. Cut the mustard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Mustard, Cut the: The Word Detective
  8. cut the mustard: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Cut the mustard: World Wide Words
  10. Cut the mustard: Phrase Finder
  11. cut the mustard: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. cut the mustard: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  2. cut the mustard: Idioms

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  1. cut the mustard: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. cut the mustard: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cut the mustard)

▸ verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To achieve the expected standard; to be effective or good enough; to suffice.

Similar:
cut it, make the grade, suffice, make the cut, measure up, fill the bill, pass muster, do the trick, go for, fit the bill, more...

Opposite:
fall short, not up to par, inadequate

Phrases:
can't cut the mustard, cant cut the mustard, not cut the mustard, too old to cut the mustard, more...

Adjectives:
cut, cut out, ree, trim, pants, throwable, offcut, cut short, street, cut down, ruinate

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Similar:
cut it, make the grade, suffice, make the cut, measure up, fill the bill, pass muster, do the trick, go for, fit the bill, more...

Opposite:
fall short, not up to par, inadequate

Phrases:
can't cut the mustard, cant cut the mustard, not cut the mustard, too old to cut the mustard, more...

Adjectives:
cut, cut out, ree, trim, pants, throwable, offcut, cut short, street, cut down, ruinate



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