āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
measure up
/mËÉĘÉÉš ËĘp/
to measure up
[phrase form: measure]
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to meet or exceed the established requirements or expectations in terms of quality, performance, or achievement
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The current progress is not measuring up to our expectations.
āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to determine the physical dimensions or size of something or someone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The tailor measures up the customer for a perfect fit.
āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤ āĻĢāĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to assess someone's character, skills, or potential by carefully observing them
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The politicians measured each other up in the debates.
āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
