answer the purpose
Example Sentences
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A dictatorship must answer the purpose for which it was introduced.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was what was done in Chicago, during the days of her calamity, and our people wisely considered that a leaf out of her book would answer the purpose.
From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by Stewart, George
It would answer the purpose quite as well—perhaps better," the doctor added thoughtfully,—"if her husband could be removed from the environment.
From Concerning Sally by Hopkins, William John
This arrangement is one well calculated to answer the purpose of collectors, and therefore we desire to draw their attention to it.
The present chaotic condition of Protestant princedoms in Germany may answer the purpose almost as well as a period of abeyance.
From Harriet Martineau by Miller, Florence Fenwick
