Performance Evaluation Phrases

verb to evaluate or determine the value or quality of something

• It is important to assess the impact of the new policy on the economy.
• We need to assess how much money we have left before going shopping.
• I'll assess the situation and let you know what's up.
• She carefully assessed the risks before making a decision.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb to succeed or meet expectations; to perform satisfactorily

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun

• The new employee's performance did not cut the mustard, so we had to let them go.
• I don't think his cooking skills really cut the mustard.
• I tried out for the team, but I just didn't cut the mustard.
• Her excuses for being late just don't cut the mustard anymore.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or state of being

adverb a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• The presentation was exceptional, and the team really knocked it out of the park.
• Wow, you really knocked it out of the park with that project!
• She totally knocked it out of the park with her performance last night.
• I knew she would knock it out of the park with her new business venture.