[post_page_title]”Make the grade”[/post_page_title]
Although it is quite feasible to assume that the origins of the phrase “make the grade” can be found in the context of school, as it is used to refer to meeting a required standard, it is actually a reference to grade in the context of a gradient or a slope. In 1912, railway lines were built across America to link the East and West Coasts.
The engineering behind the construction of these lines was done with careful precision so that the trains could safely handle the steep inclines planned, i.e. they had to ‘make the grade.’
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