that will never do
old-fashionedDefinition
› said when you think that something is unacceptable: "He promised to pay me back last week, but he didn't." "Dear me, that will never do!"Not good enough
(Definition of that will never do from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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that makes two of us idiom
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that pronoun (SOMETHING NOT HERE)
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that pronoun (USED TO REFER)
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that was a game, meal, walk, etc. and a half! idiom
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that will do idiom
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that will never do! idiom
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that will show sb idiom
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that'll be the day idiom
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that'll do nicely idiom
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that'll do! idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- be not on idiom
- beneath preposition (NOT GOOD ENOUGH)
- cop noun (QUALITY)
- deficient adjective
- indefensible adjective
- inexcusable adjective
- intolerable adjective
- lame adjective (NOT SATISFACTORY)
- leave a lot to be desired idiom
- palm sb off with sth phrasal verb
- sad adjective (UNPLEASANT)
- second-rate adjective
- substandard adjective
- tried and found wanting idiom
- unacceptable adjective
- unacceptably adverb
- unsatisfactory adjective
- unsatisfying adjective
- unsound adjective (NOT ACCEPTABLE)
- weak adjective (NOT GOOD)
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