fudge the issue

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fudge the issue (third-person singular simple present fudges the issue, present participle fudging the issue, simple past and past participle fudged the issue)

1. (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.