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make the gradeTo prove satisfactory; to be successful or worthy of merit.Rate it:

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beyond one's pay gradeBeyond one's capability.Rate it:

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beyond one's pay gradeBeyond one's level of authority.Rate it:

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gradea mark of quality, used to mark schoolwork, grades go from a+ to u, also can be used on meat products to show quality of meatRate it:

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bump upTo promote a person to a higher grade.Rate it:

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amplissimos honorum gradus assequi, adipiscito reach the highest grade of office.Rate it:

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Hold a Candle toLow grade or low standard, inferior and not comparable to someone in talent and abilityRate it:

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it's not what you know but who you knowFor success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you knowRate it:

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third stringA unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.Rate it:

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un chien regarde bien un évêqueOn ne doit pas s’offenser trop facilement des libertés que prend un inférieur en grade, en dignité.Rate it:

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