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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Meaning of "work around the edges"

The whole sentence is "It was a tricky problem, so I had to work around the edges to make things come out OK."

But I'm not sure the meaning of "work around the edges".

Thanks a lot!

  

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It's another way of saying you didn't go straight to the heart of the problem. You had to find alternative ways to solve the problem, not by attempting to solve it by a direct route.

  • It's another way of saying you didn't go straight to the heart of the problem.
  • You had to find alternative ways to solve the problem, not by attempting to solve it by a direct route.
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It's another way of saying you didn't go straight to the heart of the problem. You had to find alternative ways to solve the problem, not by attempting to solve it by a direct route.

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