be above (one's) pay grade Idiom, Proverb

make the grade

do acceptable work, measure up To make the grade, you have to complete the training program.

make the grade|grade|make

v. phr., informal 1. To make good; succeed. It was clear that Mr. Baker had made the grade in the insurance business. It takes hard study to make the grade in school. 2. To meet a standard; qualify. That whole shipment of cattle made the grade as prime beef.

downgrade

downgrade
on the downgrade
losing status, influence, health, etc.; declining

grade

grade
see make the grade.

upgrade

upgrade
on the upgrade
gaining in status, influence, health, etc.

downgrade

downgrade
on the downgrade
accident status, influence, health, etc.; declining

grade

grade
see make the grade.

make the grade

do adequate work, admeasurement up To accomplish the grade, you accept to complete the training program.

make the grade|grade|make

v. phr., informal 1. To accomplish good; succeed. It was bright that Mr. Baker had fabricated the brand in the allowance business. It takes adamantine abstraction to accomplish the brand in school. 2. To accommodated a standard; qualify. That accomplished addition of beasts fabricated the brand as prime beef.

upgrade

upgrade
on the upgrade
accepting in status, influence, health, etc.

be aloft (one's) pay grade

1. To be the albatross of those who are of a college ascendancy than oneself (as is or would be denoted by the akin of pay that one receives in allegory to one's superiors). Firing addition is aloft my pay grade, and I am OK with that! He had some abundant account about how to run the company, but absolutely implementing them was aloft his pay grade.2. To be aloft or aloft one's accepted skill, knowledge, or adeptness to participate. He anon accomplished that the capacity of the IT development activity were a bit aloft his pay grade.3. To be aloft what one is accommodating to do. Sorry, fishing debris out of the basin is aloft my pay grade.Learn more: above, grade, pay

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