match up to

idiom

: 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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But if your sales don’t match up to said promise, your career is immediately compromised. Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025 The second part of the offer is a 100% deposit match up to $100. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025 That would match up to how some other blockbuster fintech listings have performed on the first day of trading. Ryan Browne, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025 The column headers in the Kanban view match up to the statuses available to tasks. PC Magazine, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for match up to

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“Match up to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/match%20up%20to. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.

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