Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To attempt to temporarily stop or stem an impending disaster, particularly when the effort is too small to fully address the scale of the problem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
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Synonyms: put one's finger in a hole
Antonyms: none provided
History
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