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measure up
To be equal; be of fully high quality; come up.
John didn't measure up to the best catchers but he was a good one.
Lois' school work didn't measure up to her ability.
meatball
A dull, boring, slow-witted, or uninteresting person.
You'll never get an interesting story out of that meatball - stop inviting him.
meet one's Waterloo
To be defeated; lose an important contest. (After Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo.)
After seven straight victories the team met its Waterloo.
John fought instead of running, and the bully met his Waterloo.
meet one's death
To die.
Algernon met his death in a car accident.
meet one's match
To encounter someone as good as oneself.
The champion finally met his match and lost the game.
mend one's ways
To reform; change one's behavior from negative to positive.
He had better mend his ways or he'll wind up in jail.
mental telepathy
The passing of one person's thoughts to another without any discoverable talking or carrying of signals between them.
Most or all men who practice mental telepathy on stage have really trained themselves to detect tiny clues from the audience.
Mrs. Smith knew the moment her husband's ship sank on the other side of the world. It seems like a case of mental telepathy.
mess around
To engage in idle or purposeless activity.
Come on, you guys, - start doing some work, don't just mess around all day!
To be promiscuous; to indulge in sex with little discrimination as to who the partner is.
Allen needs straightening out; he's been messing around with the whole female population of his class.