- make the grade
- make good, succeed, meet a standard, qualify
He wasn't able to make the grade and join the football team.
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Make the Grade — Format Children s game show Presented by Lew Schneider (1989 1990) Robb Edward Morris (1991) Narrated by Maria Milito Country of origin United States … Wikipedia
make the grade — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To make good; succeed. * /It was clear that Mr. Baker had made the grade in the insurance business./ * /It takes hard study to make the grade in school./ 2. To meet a standard; qualify. * /That whole shipment of cattle… … Dictionary of American idioms
make the grade — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To make good; succeed. * /It was clear that Mr. Baker had made the grade in the insurance business./ * /It takes hard study to make the grade in school./ 2. To meet a standard; qualify. * /That whole shipment of cattle… … Dictionary of American idioms
make the grade — ► to be as good as expected or as good as is necessary: »Many of the online shops simply failed to make the grade. Main Entry: ↑grade … Financial and business terms
make the grade — Someone or something that makes the grade reaches the standard expected or required … The small dictionary of idiomes
make the grade — ► make the grade informal succeed. Main Entry: ↑grade … English terms dictionary
make the grade — (informal) COME UP TO STANDARD, come up to scratch, qualify, pass, pass muster, measure up; succeed, win through; informal be up to snuff, cut it, cut the mustard. → grade * * * I. phrasal : succeed … Useful english dictionary
make\ the\ grade — v. phr. informal 1. To make good; succeed. It was clear that Mr. Baker had made the grade in the insurance business. It takes hard study to make the grade in school. 2. To meet a standard; qualify. That whole shipment of cattle made the grade as… … Словарь американских идиом
make the grade — verb To prove satisfactory; to be successful or worthy of merit. In 1916 the famed Van Sweringen brothers bought their first railroad the Nickel Plate. . . . This year, as usual, the tarnished Nickel Plate cannot make the grade. In first seven… … Wiktionary
make the grade — informal he lacked the experience to make the grade Syn: qualify, be up to scratch, come up to standard, pass, pass muster, measure up; succeed, win through; informal be up to snuff, cut it, cut the mustard … Thesaurus of popular words
