match up to
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: to be equal to : to succeed in providing (what was promised or expected)
The concert didn't match up to our expectations.
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All the Gemstones’ senses of grandeur are stunning and don’t quite match up to what’s happening.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
Best Buy’s swap pricing doesn’t match up to Samsung’s direct trade-in valuations —few companies do—but there are some reasonable prices here.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
But investigators found that more than half the VINs did not match up to cars that the converters could have come from.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
One of the biggest surprises, and don’t worry, this is something that comes up almost immediately in episode one, is when a character’s appearance and voice don’t exactly match up to our preconceptions.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
Best Buy’s swap pricing doesn’t match up to Samsung’s direct trade-in valuations —few companies do—but there are some reasonable prices here.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
But investigators found that more than half the VINs did not match up to cars that the converters could have come from.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
One of the biggest surprises, and don’t worry, this is something that comes up almost immediately in episode one, is when a character’s appearance and voice don’t exactly match up to our preconceptions.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Match up to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/match%20up%20to. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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