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fudge the issue

fudge the issue verb: adopt a solution to a specific problem which does not address the larger, more general problem of which the specific problem is an instance.

Verb

fudge the issue (third-person singular simple present fudges the issue, present participle fudging the issue, simple past and past participle fudged the issue)

  1. (idiomatic) Adopt a solution to a specific problem which does not address the larger, more general problem of which the specific problem is an instance.

Forms of fudge the issue

third-person singular presentfudges the issue
present participlefudging the issue
past participlefudged the issue
pastfudged the issue

Questions about fudge the issue

What does fudge the issue mean?
Fudge the issue means adopt a solution to a specific problem which does not address the larger, more general problem of which the specific problem is an instance.
What part of speech is fudge the issue?
Fudge the issue is a verb.
What is the past tense of fudge the issue?
The past tense of fudge the issue is fudged the issue.

Words near fudge the issue in the dictionary

  1. fudge factors
  2. fudge it
  3. fudge packer
  4. fudge packers
  5. fudge packing
  6. fudge the issue
  7. fudge together
  8. fudge tunnel
  9. fudge tunnels
  10. fudge wheel
  11. fudge wheels

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