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to that effect
Idioms and Phrases
With that basic or general meaning, as in He said he was very worried, or words to that effect . This term is also put as to the effect that when introducing a clause, as in She was a little vague but said something to the effect that she'd repay the loan very soon . [Mid-1600s]Example Sentences
However, the room he was sharing was booked in his physio's name, and a note left at the front desk to that effect was not communicated to the doping control officer.
In his first term, Trump supported a ban and signed an executive order to that effect.
But expect to see the Conservatives brand this as a ‘dog ate my homework excuse’ or words to that effect.
A hearing also found he told a woman that she needed a CT scan “to see if she had a brain”, or words to that effect.
It was later approved by another building department executive, who told Ongele, “This is for Ray’s friends,” or words to that effect, the lawsuit alleged.
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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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