phrase

• Indicating a particular but unspecified quantity.

  ‘so many hours at such-and-such a speed’

  More example sentences

  • ‘being with people always helps but you can only spend so much time with friends’
  • ‘Even being told by your coach to go spin for so many hours a week is not the insult it sounds.’
  • ‘Abolishing school fees will only do so much for equality of opportunity.’