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1 to fudge the issue
Pol., Conf. éluder la question; esquiver le problèmeEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to fudge the issue
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fudge [fʌdʒ]1. noun* * *[fʌdʒ] 1.1) Culinary ( soft sweet) caramels mpl mous3) (colloq) ( compromise)2.(colloq) transitive verb1) ( evade) esquiver [issue]2) ( falsify) truquer [figures] -
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A n3 Journ, Print ( stop press news) dernières nouvelles fpl ; ( box or column for stop press) emplacement m de la dernière heure ;4 ○ ( compromise) it's a fudge c'est flou ; the wording is a classic fudge l'énoncé est flou à merveille.B ○ vtr1 ( evade) esquiver, éluder [issue, problem] ;2 ( falsify) truquer [figures, accounts]. -
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fudge [fʌdʒ]1 noun∎ a piece of fudge un caramel;∎ I made some fudge j'ai fait des caramels∎ the law/agreement is a fudge le texte de loi/de l'accord est délibérément flou(c) Typography (stop press box) emplacement m de la dernière heure; (stop press news) (insertion f de) dernière heure f, dernières nouvelles fpl(d) (UNCOUNT) (nonsense) balivernes fpl, âneries fpl(evade, hedge) esquiver le problème;∎ the President fudged on the budget issue le président a esquivé les questions sur le budget(b) (avoid, dodge) esquiver∎ I totally fudged it je l'ai complètement ratéfamiliar old-fashioned balivernes!
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fudge — verb 1) the mayor tried to fudge the issue Syn: evade, avoid, dodge, skirt, duck, gloss over; hedge on, prevaricate about, vacillate on, be noncommittal on, stall on, beat around the bush about, equivocate on, hem and haw on; informal cop out on … Thesaurus of popular words
fudge — [fuj] n. [? echoic, as in Ger futsch, gone, ruined] 1. empty, foolish talk; nonsense ☆ 2. [< ?] a soft candy made of butter, milk, sugar, and chocolate or other flavoring, etc. 3. Printing a short piece of last minute news or other matter,… … English World dictionary
fudge — fudge1 /fuj/, n. a soft candy made of sugar, butter, milk, chocolate, and sometimes nuts. [1895 1900, Amer.; of uncert. orig.; the word was early in its history associated with college campuses, where fudge making was popular; however, attempts… … Universalium
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