pass muster
Meet a required standard, as in That yard cleanup won't pass muster with Mom. This expression originally meant “to undergo a military review without censure,” muster referring to an assembling of troops for inspection or a similar purpose. [Late 1500s]
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How to use pass muster in a sentence
The field has produced only anecdotal or other evidence that does not pass muster in the scientific community.
Whether or not their decisions would pass muster in a poll or focus group is precisely beside the point.
Obama’s Comments Remind Us How Meaningless ‘Judicial Activism’ Is | Jesse Singal | April 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCoakley says she backs Warren, who might just be too outspoken to pass muster with the Senate.
Bruno was then introduced to each of the scouts, and they seemed to pass muster, for to each one he offered his paw.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnA few other changes I was able to make without pausing, and I felt sure I could then pass muster.
Shadow, the Mysterious Detective | Police Captain Howard
It was, compared with the others, pretty good; but needed that comparison to make it pass muster.
Letters from Palestine | J. D. PaxtonA truly impressive spectacle would pass muster for the promised "field of May," and profoundly affect the minds of all present.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneIt would as readily pass muster for anxiety that he should have remembered something as that he shouldn't.
Somehow Good | William de Morgan
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