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HOT POTATO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hot potato mean?
• HOT POTATO (noun)
The noun HOT POTATO has 1 sense:
1. a difficult situation
Familiarity information: HOT POTATO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A difficult situation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
he dropped the topic like a hot potato
Hypernyms ("hot potato" is a kind of...):
situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty)
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