Quick-fix
noun, Informal.
1.
an expedient, temporary solution, especially one that merely postpones having to cope with an overall problem.
noun phrase
A hasty repair or relief job: He called my idea a quick fix at best, but he’d do it
[1966+; fr fix as ”repair” influenced by fix as ”dose of narcotics”]
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