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Meanings of measure up in English

Catalan
habilitar

To prove capable or fit; to meet requirements.

habilitar
Usage of measure up in English
1
What sort of challenge were they being asked to measure up to?
Ilse Witch
2
And of course, no one could ever measure up to a memory.
The lost recipe for happiness
3
Alaythia would want us to measure up to their sense of honor.
Samurai
4
But how well can Aldi's version measure up to the expensive original?
News.com.au
5
But does the house they eventually buy measure up to showhouse standards?
The Irish Times
6
And as long as you don't, no one will ever measure up.
Toxic bachelors
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When it comes to protecting drivers from injury, mini-cars don't measure up.
Wired
8
Fortunately, the Turkish finishing did not measure up to their outfield play.
The Irish Times
9
It all came through you-mywish to measure up to your ideal.
A Hoosier Chronicle
10
But how would irascible Yahweh measure up to these other lofty visions?
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
11
Wake me when it's worse. I never measure up, even in failure.
The whole world: a novel
12
That I can't measure up to your requirements of the perfect man?
The Taming of Red Butte Western
13
Welcome to New York, he insisted, did not quite measure up.
The Guardian
14
To all the shows out there failing to measure up: you better work!
Ebony
15
But who knows how that projection will measure up against reality.
Wired
16
How does that opening number measure up to previous instalments in the franchise?
The Guardian
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