come up to standards
come up to standards
To improve someone or something enough to meet a certain requirement or expectation. If your intern doesn't come up to standards, expect him to be fired.
See also: come, standard, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
come up to someone's standards
to meet or be equal to someone's standards or requirements. Does this ice cream come up to your standards? Ann's concert recital did not come up to her own standards.
See also: come, standard, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- bring (something) within a/the range
- bring within a range
- speak of
- have the (brass) face to (do something)
- have the face to
- have the neck to do something
- have the (brass) neck to (do something)
- in hopes of
- lash into
- lash into (someone or something)