(India, Nigeria, dated, _, UK, idiomatic) To do what is necessary or required.
“Until it's offered to him, and then it will be "For the good of the people......" Starmer will do the needful (maybe)”
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To do what is necessary or required.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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