fill the bill

English

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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. Alternative form of fit the bill [from 19th c.]
    • 1893, Horatio Alger, chapter 29, in Cast Upon the Breakers:
      You've got a head on your shoulders, you have! I guess you'll fill the bill.
    • 1923 June 25, “Stratton and Edison”, in Time:
      He said that the automotive industry must find a substitute for gasoline, on which the elder Edison commented that the electric storage battery has already filled the bill.
    • 1976 December 18, David Holland, “Dear Santa...”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 11:
      For those looking for the unusual, Boston, like most cities, has an abundance of shops that fill the bill. Forever Flamingo, on Newbury St., is now a veritable three-ring circus of some of the best examples of art-deco memorabilia.
    • 2025 September 11, John Koblin, “Emmys Top Drama Face-Off Tells You Everything You Need to Know About TV”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 September 2025:
      “Severance” is a so-called puzzle box show, with complex story lines that keep viewers guessing to unravel a mystery at the center of the series. Series like “Lost,” “Westworld” and “Mr. Robot” also fill the bill.

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