to the effect that

to the effect that  {adj. phr.}
With the meaning or purpose; to say that.
He made a speech to the effect that we would all keep our jobs even if the factory were sold.
The new governor would do his best in the office to which he had been elected.
Categories: adjective
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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