measure sb/sth against sb/sth
— phrasal verb with measure uk/ˈmeʒ.ər/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/verb
to judge someone or something by him, her, or it against someone or something else:
She measured the shoe against the footprint, but it was smaller.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Comparing and contrasting
- against
- analogy
- antithesis
- as against idiom
- balance
- balance sth against sth
- benchmark
- compare
- comparison
- competitive
- contrast
- contrastive
- gold standard
- relative
- relatively
- set
- simile
- stack up
- vis-à-vis
- work-life balance
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