serve the purpose


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serve the purpose

To fit or satisfy the necessary requirements; to be useful for or fit to achieve some aim, goal, or purpose. Well, it isn't a very pretty car, but it should serve the purposes of our mission. Child: "But mom, I want a smartphone!" Mother: "Nonsense, the cell phone you have serves the purpose just fine."
See also: purpose, serve
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This fictionalized biography will serve the purpose of introducing Thoreau and his ideas to younger YAs, to prepare them for reading Walden when they are a bit older.
Hausman, Gerald & Loretta. A Mind with Wings: The Story of Henry David Thoreau
The difference in hardness would serve the purpose.
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Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?
The real objective: empowering the UN
It's our hope that these initial shipments and sales to Cuba will serve the purpose of proving the point that it's a logical thing for Cuba and the United States to trade with one another," said Larry Cunningham, senior vice president of ADM.
American Grain Goes to Cuba. (Insider Report)
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