be up to the mark



be up to the mark

to be good enough I have to watch my staff all the time to keep them up to the mark. (often negative) The efforts of the security services have not been quite up to the mark.
See also: mark, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kristinkris-TEEN (Swedish, German), KRIS-tin (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, English
Agnarr-Ancient Scandinavian
Rutger-Dutch
Wilmot-Medieval English
HuỆ-Vietnamese
Bautistabow-TEES-tahSpanish