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for good measure

if you do something or add something for good measure, you do it or add it in addition to something else. In today's programme we have a full report on today's top football matches, with some cricket and athletics thrown in for good measure. I swept the floor and polished the table, and then, for good measure, I cleaned the windows.

See also: good

get/take the measure of someone/something

have the measure of someone/something - to understand what someone or something is like and to know how to deal with them. We got the measure of the opposition in the first half and set about beating them in the second.

See also: take

have the measure of someone/something (slightly formal)

to understand what someone or something is like and to know how to deal with them. What was clear was that the president no longer had the measure of his country's problems. I don't think she's under any illusions about her husband - she's got the measure of him.

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beyond measure

to an extremely high degree. Our religious faith improved our lives beyond measure.

See also: beyond

for good measure

in addition to something else already said or done. He wrote a great article, and for good measure took the photograph used for the magazine cover.

See also: good

measure up (to someone/something)

to reach a standard that is as good as someone or something else. The math skills of the majority of children in this school measure up to the national standards.

Usage notes: often used in a negative way: They didn't measure up so I couldn't hire them. Too often computer software fails to measure up to expectations.The comparison is usually w/sth, only rarely with sb--SL, 12/02

take the measure of someone/something

to make a judgment or form an opinion about someone or something. She quietly observed him, taking the measure of this man she had heard so much about.

See also: take