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Meanings of fit the bill in English

Be what is needed or be good enough for what is required.

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Examples for "fill the bill"
Examples for "fill the bill"
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And you're just about right, Seth; it does fill the bill great.
Boy Scouts on a Long Hike; Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water ...
2
If the pictures do not literally fill the bill, they nevertheless please.
The Building of a Book / A Series of Practical Articles Written ...
3
All he needed was a big curved simitar to fill the bill.
The Lion of Petra
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Charley Moi seemed to fill the bill as a guide, very well.
The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon; or, The Hermit of the Cave
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If you could win him over, he would fill the bill.
Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross
Usage of fit the bill in English
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Energy efficiency projects, for example to insulate homes, may fit the bill.
Reuters
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As nice as these places were they didn't really fit the bill.
Wired
3
He does not fit the bill, however, for a prototype Mourinho midfielder.
Reuters
4
Here are four of the more popular services that fit the bill.
The Irish Times
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Gayle fit the bill so well and it was written so well.
Ebony
6
I am a millennial-anolder millennial, but I still fit the bill.
Ebony
7
Woods has been toying with some names but none fit the bill.
The Irish Times
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The concept fit the bill perfectly, and was phenomenally cheap at £42m.
The Guardian
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But Russian dissidents and oligarchs chased by Scottish police fit the bill perfectly.
The Guardian
10
She was long without a father, he reasoned, and Mel fit the bill.
Fifth avenue, 5 a.m.: audrey hepburn, breakfast at tiffany's, an...
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The Czech model, just 19 at the time, fit the bill.
News.com.au
12
He checked rates, read reviews and found a lender that fit the bill.
Reuters
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If you fit the bill, consult with your health care provider.
Ebony
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Merkel also needs leverage against the SPD, and the Greens fit the bill.
Reuters
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A more mobile attacker like Motupa would, therefore, fit the bill.
The South African
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He found the chapter on replication and decided that might fit the bill.
Mysql high availability
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New Zealand
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