answer the purpose
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A dictatorship must answer the purpose for which it was introduced.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
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
There was no town that would answer the purpose, and the place that suited best was Valley Forge on the Schuylkill River, twenty-one miles above Philadelphia.
From Mildred's New Daughter by Finley, Martha
But that system, you would find, I think," said Ralph, "would not answer the purpose.
From The Frontiersmen by Aimard, Gustave
