answer the purpose
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A dictatorship must answer the purpose for which it was introduced.
From Time Magazine Archive
In throwing or casting the fly I never "whip" or "flail" the rod, and I never cast with a long line when a short one will answer the purpose.
From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker
Houses eighteen or twenty feet wide, and five feet high at the eaves, will answer the purpose very well.
From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by Waugh, F. A.
Whatever use can be made of my letter to stop the very ill-contrived project to which it relates, will answer the purpose for which it was written.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
And if they have not, no doubt Dr. Warren will order twenty-five more—or something else that will answer the purpose.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
