close enough for government work

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close enough for government work and good enough for government work

sufficiently close; done just well enough. (Alludes to the notion that work for the government is not done with care or pride.) I didn't do the best job of mending your shirt, but it's close enough for government work.

See also: close, enough, government, work

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Not Close Enough for Government Work No one made a tool at the right diameter without a special grinding operation. Sometimes the best just isn't good enough: unique problems take ... by Sterling, Dave / Modern Applications News I congratulated myself on a good guess, an answer close enough for government work. William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor: an expression of ... by Kennedy, Anthony M. / Stanford Law Review But even if his numbers aren't accurate, they appear close enough for government work. ECU researcher vets net to create a school daze by Richter, Chris / Business North Carolina			clip out of clip wings cloak cloak in secrecy cloak-and-dagger clock clock at clock in clock out clock up clock-watcher clockwork clog clog up clog with close close a deal close a sale close around close as two coats of paint close at hand close call close chewer and a tight spitter close down close down and shut down close enough for government work close enough to use the same toothpick close eyes to close in close in for the kill close off close on Close only counts in horseshoes close out close out of close ranks close shave close the books on close the door on close to close to heart close to home close to the bone close up close up shop close with Close your eyes and think of England Close, but no cigar closed closet closet with			Close Corporations close correspondence close couple close couple Close Coupled Over Fire Air close coupling Close Cover Before Striking Close Cover Before Striking School of Knitting close down close down close down close down close down close down close down and shut down Close Encounter at Beaver City close encounter of the first kind Close Encounter of the Second Kind close encounter of the third kind Close encounters of the 3rd kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind Close Encounters With Music Close End Credit Close End Credits Close End Lease Close End Lease Close End Lease Close End Leases Close End Leases Close End Leases close enough for government work close enough to use the same toothpick close eyes close eyes close eyes close eyes close eyes to close fast Close fertilization Close Focus Lens Close Focus Wide Angle Close Friends of the Victim Close front rounded to unrounded diphthong Close front rounded to unrounded diphthong Close front unrounded to open back diphthong Close front unrounded to open back diphthong Close front unrounded to rounded diphthong Close front unrounded to rounded diphthong Close Grip Bench Press Close harmony Close harmony Close harmony duet Close harmony duet Close harmony singing Close harmony singing Close Heathrow Airport On Sundays Close Homologue of L1 close identification close in close in close in

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