Phrase of the Day (up to scratch)-08AUG20

Phrase of the Day (up to scratch)-08AUG20

Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is up to scratch and its meaning is “good enough, up to the mark, up to the required standard, satisfactory“.

Example Sentence: Getting our test-and-trace system up to scratch will require nothing short of cancelling these huge, centralised contracts and reverting to the localised approach we should have adopted from the start.

This phrase is present in The The Guardian article Six months into Covid, England’s quarantine programme is still a mess and click here to read it.

Courtesy: The Guardian

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