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fit the bill

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(idea) by Magenta (7.3 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sun Nov 14 1999 at 9:08:56

To 'fit the bill' is an idiom meaning to be a matching solution for a current problem. It would be interesting to know its particular etymology.

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