English

Verb

to 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. (idiomatic) Alternative form of fit the bill
   • 1893, Horatio Alger, Cast Upon the Breakers, ch. 29,

     You've got a head on your shoulders, you have! I guess you'll fill the bill.

   • 1923, "Stratton and Edison," Time, 25 Jun.,

     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.

References

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