fill the bill

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be what is needed in a particular situation or for a particular purpose

   so I'm happy to fit the bill.

In the movies · 3

• That would quite fit the bill if she hadn't so often been illLes Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• so I'm happy to fit the bill.Cruella2021
• I meet these older men, who want somebody younger, and that's great, because I fit the bill.Another Year2010

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• Another Year2010
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  • Janet Rates Her Happiness
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