measure up
To meet expectations; to be as good as.
It's a passable substitute, but it will never measure up to the original.
measure
UK /ˈmɛʒ.ə/ US /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ/
noun 5verb 5
Definitions
noun
1
A prescribed quantity or extent.
I will correct thee in measure, and will not leaue thee altogether vnpunished.
2
A prescribed quantity or extent.
Mom's rage has no measure.
Full to the utmost measure of what bliss Human desires can seek or apprehend.
3
A prescribed quantity or extent.
It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
4
The act or result of measuring.
a measure of salt
5
The act or result of measuring.
Honesty is the true measure of a man.
City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions.
verb
1
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
We measured the temperature with a thermometer.
You should measure the angle with a spirit level.
2
To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
The window measured two square feet.
3
To estimate the unit size of something.
I measure that at 10 centimetres.
4
To judge, value, or appraise.
ſince they meaſure our deſerts so meane, That in conceit beare Empires on our ſpeares, Affecting thoughts coequall with the cloudes, They ſhalbe kept our forced followers, Til with their eies they view vs Emperours.
Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite / Thy power! what thought can measure thee?
5
To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
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