measure up

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be as good, successful, etc. as expected or needed

   Think you won't measure up, hmmm?

   To show I measure up.

In the movies · 4

• Think you won't measure up, hmmm?Interstate 602002
• To show I measure up.Rescued by Ruby2022
• And of course the nation itself is backing us so we just sincerely hope that we measure up to that.Apollo 112019
• While I'm just this lucky bastard who will never measure up.Crazy Rich Asians2018
• You're just jealous you can never measure up to a great ruler like Lord Farquaad.Shrek2001
• No one wants to measure themselves up against Charlie Sisters?The Sisters Brothers2018
• He thought that boy was the perfect Vincent that he could never measure up to in his mother's eyes.Loving Vincent2017
• - What for? - To see how you measure up.Mary Poppins1964

Learn it in full scenes

• Interstate 602002
  • The Legend of O.W. Grant
  • Neal's Dad Hijacks His Birthday Lunch
  • Neal Takes the Card Test

From the same entry

• measure against
• measure out
• beyond measure
• for good measure
• full measure
• in full measure
• get the measure of
• in no small measure
• made to measure
• in large part