that will do
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.05 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
said to confirm that something is suitable in quantity or in a particular quality
Example Sentences
- "I said, "Your Royal Highness : on or abou the 10th day of October, 1861, John Wilson Mackenzie, of Rotterdam, Chemung county. New Jersey, deceased, contracted with the General Government to furnish to General Sherman the sum total of thirty barrels of beef—" "That will do, sir—that will do; this office has nothing to do with contracts for beef.""
- "C. — Mr. Smart Aleck, what does you know about this case? Smart A. — I heard the accused say, "them there Germans needs more taters." Miss C. — What else did you hear him say? Smart A.— Nothing but I lost my— Miss C. — Lost what? Smart A. — Lost my tater. Miss C— That will do for you. (To Solicitor) You may have the witness."
- "“That will do me nicely,’ he told the others. ‘I don’t like crocodiles — too many teeth.’"
- "Your dog should know (at least) how to down, stay, and come, and should also know "That Will Do" (or “OK")..."That Will Do": used to release the dog from work & call it off the stock."
- "Harry suddenly realized that the tape measure, which was measuring between his nostrils, was doing this on its own. Mr. Ollivander was flitting around the shelves, taking down boxes. “That will do,” he said, and the tape measure crumpled into a heap on the floor."