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stopgap definition

stop·gap (stäp′gap′)

noun

a person or thing serving as a temporary substitute for another; makeshift

adjective

used as a stopgap

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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