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/fɪl ðə bɪl/ Listen

Fill the bill

verb

Be what is needed or be good enough for what is required. Synonym: fit the bill.

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"Fill the bill" Quotes from Famous Books

... Perry knew one of your gentlemen by the name of 'conscience,' perhaps; and I also suspect that maybe conscience does pretty nearly fill the bill, and that you've been having a bout with that. Eh? Now, what is the ...

— Just David • Eleanor H. Porter

Words linked to "Fill the bill" : fit, conform to, fit the bill, meet