quick fixnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkwɪk ˈfɪks/us/ˌkwɪk ˈfɪks/informal disapprovingsomething that seems to be a fast and easy solution to a problem but is in fact not very good or will not last long:
People are still looking for the quick fix.
He warned against any quick-fix solutions.
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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
- workaround
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