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hot potato
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a difficult situation; "he dropped the topic like a hot potato"
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Euthanasia for terminally ill patients is a political hot potato . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And Ireland was the sort of hot potato a Bagshaw feared most. ▪ It had become a political hot potato , and time ran out as backers ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires. 2 (context countable idiomatic English) An awkward or delicate problem ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hot Potato may refer to: Hot potato (game) , a party game involving tossing a small object Hot Potato! , a video game
Usage examples of hot potato.
I see Hugh as the mastermind of the Hot Potato Fund, while Josh was the organizer of the bootleg operation.
He had got a hit record out of it, and when the real hot potato was actually handed to him he had picked it up.
We were back on the road by noon, our bellies filled with hot potato soup and our gas tank with precious fuel.