suffice for

suffice for (someone or something)

1. To be adequate, satisfactory, or well suited to some particular purpose. A gift voucher really won't suffice for an anniversary present, Mary. This place will suffice for a temporary office while our building is being renovated.
2. To meet or satisfy someone's needs, desires, or demands. I really don't need anything elaborate for lunch. A bowl of soup and a ham and cheese sandwich would suffice for me. A steady job and a house in the suburbs may suffice for some people, but I crave more adventure in my life!
See also: suffice
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

suffice for someone or something

to be sufficient for someone or something. This serving will suffice for me. Did you get enough? Will this suffice for you?
See also: suffice
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • suffice for (someone or something)
  • suffice it to say
  • suffice to say...
  • suffice
  • suffice (it) to say
  • lend itself to
  • lend itself to (something)
  • gear toward
  • gear toward (someone or something)
  • the next best thing
References in classic literature
Hence the Three Laws, mentioned above, suffice for the better regulated States, and may be accepted as a rough exemplification of our Female Code.
Flatland
If a first trace of them can be found, after their departure from Aldborough, I believe careful inquiry will suffice for the rest.
No Name
The lower strata of the middle class -- the small tradespeople, shopkeepers, retired tradesmen generally, the handicraftsmen and peasants -- all these sink gradually into the proletariat, partly because their diminutive capital does not suffice for the scale on which Modern Industry is carried on, and is swamped in the competition with the large capitalists, partly because their specialized skill is rendered worthless by the new methods of production.
Communist Manifesto
What her thoughts were I did not know, for as yet I had learned but little of the Martian tongue; enough only to suffice for my daily needs.
Princess of Mars
Can Rs5,250 a month suffice for an aged labourer to sustain his family in these harsh times?
EOBI pension
200 million cubic meters of gas will suffice for the whole village, he added.
Construction of biogas units cheaper than construction of mineral fertilizers -- Association of Farms
Existing road and utility rights of way should suffice for the guideways.
My Very Own Monorail
A valuation range, for example, might suffice for the client's purpose.
Communication is key in getting the right appraisal
Erik Janzen of Linkoping University in Sweden wonders whether the quality improvement would suffice for highly demanding applications in such venues as power grids.
Face to face: crystal-growth method bodes electric payoff
Nobody rides for free, and the handwritten receipt on the hack of a GAMH flier wouldn't suffice for the expense-reportees.
Howe Gelb
They could, of course, simply deny these teachings, but simple denial would not suffice for the teaching that man is his soul alone.
Immortality of the soul Part I. (Apologetics)
In 1603 Cranfield was content to have a local builder construct a dwelling near his business in Cheapside; but in 1621, only the new International style would suffice for an addition to his newly acquired mansion in Chelsea.
Material London, ca. 1600
This means that not only will resistance development be suppressed, but also a much smaller dose of the drug will suffice for treating an infection.
New Antibiotics Put Bacteria in a Bind
Keyboard and mouse inputs suffice for many users and PC applications.
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION GETS A HELPING HAND
Each American reactor has been equipped with two back-up diesel generators, which would suffice for short power outages.
Lights Out?