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that will do

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  1. 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]


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“Whether that will do much more than buy the market some time remains to be seen,” the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Not everyone has to be this way, there are plenty of boxed stuffings that will do the job just fine.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

Tesla investors expect Tesla to take those chips and create AI applications that will do the same for its income statement.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

"The ladybirds that will do well are those that can survive these extreme environments and have a wide diet range."

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

“Aye. I have squandered a third of my life trying to teach the rudiments of swordplay to churls, muttonheads, and knaves. Small good that will do me in those woods.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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