FIT THE BILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fit the bill mean? 

• FIT THE BILL (verb)
  The verb FIT THE BILL has 1 sense:

1. be what is needed or be good enough for what is required

  Familiarity information: FIT THE BILL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIT THE BILL (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be what is needed or be good enough for what is required

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

fill the bill; fit the bill

Context example:

Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?

Hypernyms (to "fit the bill" is one way to...):

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

But it's difficult to harness these microorganisms' abilities for biomedical purposes, so researchers are now manufacturing artificial microswimmers called tori that would fit the bill.

(Tiny swimming 'doughnuts' deliver the biomedical goods, National Science Foundation)

But astronomers had never seen anything that fit the bill for these precursors until now.

(Stunning Star Birth in Earliest Galaxies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

There's no sign of Nemesis, but a long lost binary partner for our Sun could fit the bill.

(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)