faire l'affaire

French

Etymology

Literally, “to do the business”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ l‿a.fɛʁ/

• France (Lyon)

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• France (Lyon)

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Verb

faire l’affaire

1. (informal) to do the trick, to do the job, to do, to be enough, sufficient

   Synonyms: suffire, convenir

   Prends 500 grammes de haché, ça devrait faire l’affaire. ― Take 500 grams of ground meat; that should be enough to get the job done.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with faire affaire, faire des affaires, faire les affaires de or faire son affaire.