measure up
phrasal verbmeasure up | measure somebody/something up (for something)
- to measure somebody/something
- We spent the morning measuring up and deciding where the furniture would go.
- We need to measure the room up for a new carpet.
measure up (to something/somebody)
- (usually used in negative sentences and questions) to be as good, successful, etc. as expected or needed synonym match up
- Last year's intake just didn't measure up.
- The job failed to measure up to her expectations.
measure somebody up
- to look at somebody carefully in order to assess them
- The two shook hands and silently measured each other up.
- He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, measuring her up.