that's the idea
EverydayUsed to confirm that a situation, effect, or course of action just mentioned is exactly the intended plan or point, often when it sounds risky, odd, or undesirable.; used to encourage people and to tell them that they are doing sth right
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Used to confirm that a situation, effect, or course of action just mentioned is exactly the intended plan or point, often when it sounds risky, odd, or undesirable.
That's the idea.
That's the idea.
Oxford31% of films
used to encourage people and to tell them that they are doing sth right
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Please don't talk like that. But that's the idea.
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