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serve a purpose
Idioms and Phrases
Also, serve one's or the purpose . Be useful, meet the needs or requirements, satisfy, as in I don't know why they've added all this information but it probably serves a purpose , or It often serves his purpose to be vague , or We don't have a spading fork but this shovel should serve the purpose . This idiom was first recorded in 1513.Example Sentences
Still, they serve a purpose, I think.
And while old records can't yet be recycled into new ones, that doesn't mean they can't serve a purpose once we're done with them.
“The whole ideology behind being an independent filmmaker is not taking no for an answer and figuring out a way to get your work done and to get it seen. So it made total sense to me that somebody would spring up in the shadow of the large Sundance oak tree to provide opportunities for more filmmakers. I was very happy to have my feet on two different skis because I think they both serve a purpose.”
Devon Dixon believes guns serve a purpose.
So in shopping for needs, we want to think about things the young people can get excited about and serve a purpose – for instance, a shiny new bike.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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