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Up to snuff

adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Adequate; of acceptable quality; satisfying an appropriate standard. slang

    "About 40% of U.S. counties lack full-time public-health service. . . . Many registered hospitals are not up to snuff."

  2. 2
    Mentally alert, shrewd, savvy. British, dated, slang

    ""Dombey," says the Major, with appropriate action, "that is the hand of Joseph Bagstock: of plain old Joey B. . . . a rough and tough, and possibly an up-to-snuff, old vagabond.""

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