Usually means: Meet or fulfill expectations, standards.
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  1. measure up: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. measure up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. measure up: Vocabulary.com
  4. measure up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. measure up: Wiktionary
  6. measure up: Dictionary.com
  7. measure up: Rhymezone
  8. measure up: Free Dictionary
  9. measure up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. measure up: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  11. measure up: Dictionary/thesaurus
  12. measure up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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  1. measure up: Legal dictionary

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Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. measure up: Medical dictionary

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  1. measure up: Idioms

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  1. measure up: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (idiomatic) To meet expectations; to be as good as.

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