match up

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

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
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