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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
match up
match up phrasal verb [ matches up matching up matched up matched up matched up ] SAME 1. If two pieces of information match up, they are the same • Their accounts of what happened that evening don't match up. Thesaurus+: ↑Being or appearing similar or the same SIMILAR 2. If two things match up, they are similar and are designed to connect or to work together • If the teeth on the cogs don't match up properly (= If they are not in the correct place), the mechanism will jam. Thesaurus+: ↑Matching and co-ordinating ↑Being or appearing similar or the same EQUALLY GOOD 3. UK to be as good as another thing, person or experience • There was so much hype beforehand that it would have been difficult for the film to match up to/with our expectations of it. Thesaurus+: ↑Balance and imbalance Main entry: matchphrasal verb
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