"fill the bill" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fill the bill.ogg [Australia] Forms: fills the bill [present, singular, third-person], filling the bill [participle, present], filled the bill [participle, past], filled the bill [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fill the bill (third-person singular simple present fills the bill, present participle filling the bill, simple past and past participle filled the bill)
  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of fit the bill Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: fit the bill
    Sense id: en-fill_the_bill-en-verb-Y1Y7OYda Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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