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pass muster

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Meaning

(idiomatic) To meet or exceed a particular standard.
To get a raise, an employee must pass muster with the boss.

(idiomatic) To adequately pass a formal or informal inspection.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Nature might be a great experimentalist, but one who would never pass muster with an ethics review board – contravening the Helsinki Declaration and every norm of moral decency, left, right, and center. Nick Bostrom

Emerson wrote to Margaret Fuller, then editor, that they might "pass muster & even pass for just & great". Source: Internet

Any solution which requires India trading away any part of Arunachal Pradesh will not pass muster in New Delhi. Source: Internet

Before, his guests could pass muster in the Warehouse; Staples rocks the churchhouse. Source: Internet

But atmosphere would mean zilch if the food didn’t pass muster. Source: Internet

I'm jazzed about a book whose recipes (mostly) pass muster with you two! Source: Internet

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