That will do a lot more
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"When I leave here, you will have lost your grey frowns and defensive negativity and you will actually want to come to work. And that will do a lot more to help you and the community you serve than a pat on the back and some more bullshit about how policing is all about people."
Source: Wild Bill (2019)
Here's some definitions of "that will do" which I found on the Web.
1."said to mean that you do not want any more of something" (Source: Cambridge Dictionary)
2. "that is enough, that will suffice" (Source: thefreedictionary)
My question is how should I get the meaning of this phrase in the context that I provide? I would like to know if these definitions exactly express the idea of the sentence above or there's an another meaning.
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Neither of these meanings are the one you need here. Here "That will do more" means "That will achieve more" or "That will produce better results".
- Neither of these meanings are the one you need here.
- Here "That will do more" means "That will achieve more" or "That will produce better results".
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Neither of these meanings are the one you need here. Here "That will do more" means "That will achieve more" or "That will produce better results".
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