measure against

measure (someone) against (someone else) (or something against something else)

to compare someone with someone else; to compare something with something else. 

• Daniel measured his brother against the boy next door. 
• We measured the new building against the older ones and found the new one lacking in many respects. 
• I measured myself against Tom and found him superior in almost everything.
  

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