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64 question
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sixty-four-dollar question
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ˈsɪks
tiˌfɔrˈdɒl
ər
,
-ˌfoʊr-
/
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[
siks
-tee-fawr-
dol
-er
,
-fohr-
]
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–noun
the critical or basic question or problem:
Whether the measure will get through Congress this session or not is the sixty-four-dollar question.
Also,
$64 question.
Origin:
from the fact that 64 dollars was the largest prize on a popular radio quiz show in the 1940s
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