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stopgap

Definition

  • noun: someone or something that is intended to be used for a short time and then replaced by someone or something better
  • noun: something that serves as a temporary expedient
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: makeshift, action, ad hoc

Examples

  • The new law is intended only as a 'stopgap'.

  • a 'stopgap' solution

Movie quotes

  • (..) lt means... that this isn't your real work. Right now the Paradiso needs you... and you need the Paradiso... but it's a stopgap. One day you'll go on... to other things. Things... that are more important. Definitely more important. (..)
    1988 Cinema Paradiso