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Verb: cut the mustard
  1. (informal) be at the required standard; be good enough; pass inspection
    "not everybody can cut the mustard when the wages are high"; "this product works for keeping a shower clean, but doesn't cut the mustard for cleaning a dirty shower"
    - pass muster, make the grade

Derived forms: cut the mustard