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Measure Up
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What does Measure Up mean?
verb
- To meet expectations; to be as good as.
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Not more than one girl in every eight can measure up to its standards; and it cheerfully refuses as many students in a year as would make three Yales or Harvards.
We find no difficulty in establishing standards of conduct that become the lady and the gentleman--and the regulations that are in effect are based upon the belief that those who come here can and will measure up to these standards.