at an acceptable standard or quality.

We're giving him a week to bring the team up to scratch.

Usage notes: often used in the form not up to scratch: I'm afraid your last essay wasn't up to scratch.

Related vocabulary: on a par with someone/something

• To err is human.
• To err is human, to forgive, divine.
• toe the line
• to face
• toffee-nosed
• to fingertips
• together with
• together with something
• to have the hots for
• to have the hots for someone
• to heart's content
• to hell with
• to hell with someone
• to hell with something
• toing and froing
• toll the death knell
• to make a long story short
• Tom, Dick and Harry
• Tom, Dick or Harry
• Tomorrow's another day.
• to my mind
• tone down
• tone down something
• tongue in cheek
• tongue-in-cheek