Make the grade

Synonyms for "make the grade" (67 found)

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Closest matches (14)

answerarriveavailbe ablebe equal tobe up tobearcancan doclearclear the hurdlecome alongcome oncontrive

Strong matches (20)

cut itcut the mustarddodo itengineerfill the billfulfillget alongget byget ongo aroundgo ongradehack itholdjust domakemake itmake outmanage

Related words (33)

manage somehowmarkmaymeasuremeetmeet requirementsmuddle throughmusternegotiatepasspass musterpossess authorityput overput throughqualifyreachrisesatisfyscrape alongserve
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serve the purposestandstand upstretchsucceedsucceed insufficeswingswing the dealtake chargetake itworkworry along

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Near-synonym: fit the bill

Source: wiktionary

In 1916 the famed Van Sweringen brothers bought their first railroad—the Nickel Plate. . . . This year, as usual, the tarnished Nickel Plate cannot make the grade. In first seven months it lost $2,003,779.

Source: wiktionary

I read the news today, oh boy About a lucky man who made the grade And though the news was rather sad Well, I just had to laugh

Source: wiktionary

In the end, only eight plucky contestants made the grade.

Source: wiktionary