Who knew the phrase "Do the needful" meant to "do that which is necessary"? Me (to hosting company): It might be worth checking for, or notifying,Who knew the phrase "Do the needful" meant to "do that which is necessary"?
Me (to hosting company): It might be worth checking for, or notifying, customers to update these IPs. (since the host failed to update them after a large data center migration)
Host: We will do the needful to prevent this error.
I've been alive 28 years and don't think I've ever heard that phrase.
I got ya - 44 years & have never heard it .....
I just saw it today and decided to google it... Apparently it's an Indian-British phrase. whodathunk?
After a few years of Hinglish I decided to poke some gentle fun at that very phrase
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Sounds like a phrase that a native of India might say.