answer the purpose
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A dictatorship must answer the purpose for which it was introduced.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 how would the ministers feel if somebody should invent a clergyman of wood that would to all intents and purposes answer the purpose?
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
After a hunt through all the traps the boys managed to secure enough coverings to answer the purpose after a clumsy fashion.
From The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost by Douglas, Alan
"I have a good sized paper box which will answer the purpose, I think," said Mary Keith.
From Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children by Finley, Martha
