To meet or exceed a particular standard.
To get a raise, an employee must pass muster with the boss.
From pass (“to undergo successfully”) + muster (“military assemblage or review”); from 1570s, originally as pass musters.
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To adequately pass a formal or informal inspection.
So while speaking directly to a celebrated stranger may not be possible without first passing muster with a squad of handlers and publicists, you can do the next best thing: dial the famous person's last listed phone number and talk to the lucky, star-dusted citizen who inherited it.