fudge the issue in English

Audio: en-au-fudge the issue.ogg

[Australia] Forms: fudges the issue [present, singular, third-person], fudging the issue [participle, present], fudged the issue [participle, past], fudged the issue [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-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)

Inflected forms

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        "(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."
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"fudge the issue" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms