cure-all
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈkjʊrˌɔl/
:
panacea
- It's not an instant cure-all for all of healthcare's challenges.
Is it true that you also hopped in your RV like you said, if you're having heartbreak or loss, like this is a breakup sort of cure all for you?
- Is it true that you also hopped in your RV like you said, if you're having heartbreak or loss, like this is a breakup sort of cure all for you?
- There is sometimes the hope that as you excavate your true self and live in it and honor it, that that's going to be some sort of cure all.
- They pretend they're there, that their thing is a cure all or a will make your life irrepeccably happy.
Examples
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I won't try to sell the product as a cure-all program.
Blog text (11) -
Even if we agree that circumcision has some public health benefits, it is not the cure-all that we might imagine.
Blog text (22) -
Activity is the greatest cure-all.
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"Making the planet more sustainable will not come in the form of a magic cure-all solution.
Academic text (2010) -
Clear communication is rarely a cure-all.
Academic text (2011) -
If you think about it for a second, you'll realize that there is no one single cure-all.
Blog text (11) -
The problem arises when administrators view the AP curriculum as a cure-all for poor educational performance.
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When people start touting megadoses of vitamins as the great cure-all, I run away very quickly.
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In times past, hadn't doctors prescribed the seashore as a cure-all for nearly anything that ailed?
Fiction book (1999) -
Many people believe that meditation is a cure-all for stress and anxiety.
Synonyms
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9.6
A supposed cure for all problems
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9.9
A medicine or simple idea sold as a cure that does not work
A solution people think will solve every problem
A medicine said to cure every disease
Antonyms
How Universal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cure-all comes from joining cure ('to heal') and all ('everything'), so it pictures a single remedy that heals everything. That's why we call something a 'cure-all' when it is said to solve every problem, often with doubt.