〜て済む
Formation
N3LimitationNeutral
Meaning
To be enough / to be settled / to be resolved with just that. Indicates that although something more significant might have been expected, it ended up not being necessary or was resolved simply.
Examples
謝って済む問題ではない。
It's not a problem that can be settled by just apologizing.
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