<span class="searchmatch">measure</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">measures</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, simple past and past participle measured <span class="searchmatch">up</span>) (idiomatic)...
<span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">measure</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">measures</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">measure</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>...
measured <span class="searchmatch">up</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">measure</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>...
someone <span class="searchmatch">measure</span> the drapes <span class="searchmatch">measure</span> twice and cut once <span class="searchmatch">measure</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> cup <span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> cylinder <span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> jug <span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> rod <span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> spoon <span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> tape...
idiomatic) To match one's abilities against an antagonist's. Synonym: go <span class="searchmatch">up</span> against “<span class="searchmatch">measure</span>”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:...
<span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> jug (plural <span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> jugs) A wide-mouthed jug, normally of glass, with graduations <span class="searchmatch">up</span> the side, for <span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> liquids. <span class="searchmatch">measuring</span> cup jug for...
compare with (something); to <span class="searchmatch">measure</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>. 1939, Milwaukee Journal, issue of 7th September, page 3: "How Populations Stack <span class="searchmatch">Up</span> Among Nations At War" (name...
espérances ― to live <span class="searchmatch">up</span> to our expectations Can be used without a complement, or with a complement introduced by de ("to live <span class="searchmatch">up</span> to, to <span class="searchmatch">measure</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> to someone/something")...
also: makeup, make-<span class="searchmatch">up</span>, and Make-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> From Middle English maken <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, equivalent to make + <span class="searchmatch">up</span> (adverb). IPA(key): /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ make <span class="searchmatch">up</span> (third-person singular...