workaroundnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwɜː.kə.raʊnd/us/ˈwɝː.kə.raʊnd/a way of dealing with a problem or making something work despite the problem, without completely solving it:
The software still has a few glitches but we've come up with a workaround.
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Solving and solutions
- answer
- antidote
- band-aid solution
- be at the bottom of sth idiom
- clear (sth) up
- clue
- conquer
- conquerable
- fall
- iron sth out
- kill or cure idiom
- lateral thinking
- magic wand
- modus vivendi
- palliative
- result
- round
- solution
- talk sth out
- work through sth
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