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  • verb idiomatic To meet or exceed a particular standard.
  • verb idiomatic To adequately pass a formal or informal inspection.

Etymologies

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From pass ("to undergo successfully") + muster ("military assemblage or review"); from 1570s, originally as pass musters.

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