to that effect

/tə ðat ɪfˈɛkt/

/tə ðæt ɪfˈɛkt/

[phrase]

to that effect

[PHRASE]

used when one is providing the general meaning of written or spoken statement instead of the exact words

Examples

1. I think too often people look at that technology and sort of debate, is this Big Brother tracking an employee or something to that effect?

2. Let 's act now to get rid of a tyrant who has abused and killed his OWN people, who is procuring weapons of Mass Destruction, substantial evidence to that effect.

3. She had already supported a bill to that effect in 1946, and now she wanted things to change, and fast.

4. His wife, Hermine, even sent a request to that effect to Adolf Hitler.