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that'll do

that'll do phrase: used to acknowledge something as being sufficient.

Phrase

that'll do

  1. Used to acknowledge something as being sufficient.
    • Just one six-pack of beer left, eh? Well, that'll do for this weekend.
  2. Used to stop somebody talking, arguing or fighting
    • OK, all right now — settle down — that'll do.
  3. A standard command to a herding dog to desist and return to the handler.
    • All right now, that'll do, lass, that'll do!

Forms of that'll do

alternative formthat will do

Questions about that'll do

What does that'll do mean?
That'll do means used to acknowledge something as being sufficient.
What part of speech is that'll do?
That'll do is a phrase.

Words near that'll do in the dictionary

  1. that'd
  2. that'd've
  3. that'll
  4. that'll be the day
  5. that'll be the frosty Friday
  6. that'll do
  7. that'll do it to you
  8. that'll learn someone
  9. that'll teach someone
  10. that'll've
  11. that'n

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