match up to

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: 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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One of the biggest surprises, and don’t worry, this is something that comes up almost immediately in episode one, is when a character’s appearance and voice don’t exactly match up to our preconceptions. Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Creating audience segments that match up to advertisers’ needs, curating supply so buyers can access the right inventory and effectively monetizing first-party data—without giving it away for free to vendors—will be vital for driving revenues. Sergii Denysenko, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 BetMGM offers new players a 100% deposit match up to $1,000 + $25 on the house with BetMGM Casino bonus code MCCASINO. Christopher Gerlacher, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025 These figures don’t match up to some of Samsung’s other recent trade-in valuations in separate sales, but there are still decent prices to be found. Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 11 Jan. 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 Apr. 2025.

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