"faire l'affaire" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [French]

IPA: /fɛʁ l‿a.fɛʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-faire l’affaire.wav [Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-faire l’affaire.wav [Lyon] Forms: faire l’ affaire [canonical]
Etymology: Literally, “to do the business”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to do the business}} “to do the business”, {{lit|to do the business}} Literally, “to do the business” Head templates: {{fr-verb}} faire l’affaire
  1. (informal) to do the trick, to do the job, to do, to be enough, sufficient Tags: informal Synonyms: suffire, convenir
    Sense id: en-faire_l'affaire-fr-verb-HLrpg324 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

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