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pass muster
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
Experts agree that the text of the 14th Amendment is clear, and that Trump’s interpretation doesn't pass muster.
While she identifies many laws with age-related restrictions, none pass muster under her own distinctive comparative test.
Cynthia tried to buy tickets for the Wall but didn’t pass muster in time.
As the anointed budget cutter in chief he took great umbrage that anyone would think of passing legislation that didn't pass muster with him personally and he took to his social media platform to demand that the Republicans refuse to pass the bill, ordering a government shutdown until Trump takes office.
He cried foul, pushing claims of a conspiracy against him that didn't pass muster with his fellow Republicans.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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