so that

so that
{conj.} 1. or in order that; for the purpose that; so. - "So that" is usually followed by "can" or "could"; "in order that" is usually followed by "may" or "might". * /Let's get ready now so that we can leave when Father comes./ * /Betty saved her money in order that she might buy a doll./ Compare: IN ORDER TO. 2. With the result that; so. * /My pencil fell under my desk, so that I couldn't see it./ * /George often told stories that weren't true, so that no one believed him when he told about a deer in the school yard./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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