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stop⋅gap

  [stop-gap]
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–noun
1. something that fills the place of something else that is lacking; temporary substitute; makeshift: Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails.
–adjective
2. makeshift: This is only a stopgap solution.
Origin:
1525–35; n., adj. use of v. phrase stop a gap

Synonyms:
2. improvised, temporary, substitute, impromptu.
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