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that will do
That is enough, that will suffice, as in
Please don't give me more peas; that will do
, or
That will do, children! There's to be no running near the pool
.
[
Late 1800s
]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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