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Pchuang Posted 20 years ago
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'pass muster' the origin

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com:02br 01ol 00Meet a required standard, as in 01i 00That yard cleanup won't pass muster with Mom02i 00. This expression originally meant “to undergo a military review without censure,” 01i 00muster02i 00 referring to an assembling of troops for inspection or a similar purpose. [Late 1500s]02ol 00 0-

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    00Meet a required standard, as in 01i00That yard cleanup won't pass muster with Mom02i00. This expression originally meant “to undergo a military review without censure,” 01i00muster02i00 referring to an assembling of troops for inspection or a similar purpose. [Late 1500s]02ol
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