a notch below

a notch below somebody/something

not quite as good as someone or something else Fifty years ago, there were many big bands that were good, but they were a notch below the great ones.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bradley	BRAD-lee	English
SafİYe	-	Turkish
Enes	-	Turkish, Bosnian
Zosimus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Amiran	-	Georgian, Literature
Clare	KLER, KLAR	English