Fit
Fit verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.
Usage example: that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Pretty Fly for a White Guy: In one episode, George tries to teach Tom how to "act black," in order to fit in with Helen's friends.
Source: Series / The Jeffersons -
They are even symbiotic with the noobs in terms of educating as Mem and Zen teach the noobs how to be better virus warriors while the Noobs teach Mem and Zen about Earth culture and how to fit into it and have fun with it Obviously Evil: Evilslockistan.
Source: Western Animation / Supernoobs -
Zoolander: How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read, if they can't even fit inside the building?
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