A cure-all is something that is believed, usually wrongly, to be able to solve all the problems someone or something has, or to cure a wide range of illnesses.
The introduction of market discipline to the economy was not a magic cure-all. [+ for]
Broussais was the first physician to use leeches as a cure-all.
Synonyms: panacea, elixir, nostrum, elixir vitae More Synonyms of cure-all
cure-all in British English
noun
something reputed to cure all ailments
cure-all in American English
(ˈkjʊrˌɔl)
noun
US
something supposed to cure all ailments or evils; panacea
Examples of 'cure-all' in a sentence
cure-all
Holing him up in Steeple Fritton was supposed to have been a cure-all --- but the affair with Tatty was, apparently, still raging.