lateral thinkingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌlæt.rəl ˈθɪŋ.kɪŋ/us/ˌlæt̬.ɚ.əl ˈθɪŋ.kɪŋ/a way of solving a problem by thinking about it in a different and original way and not using traditional or expected methods
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Solving and solutions
- answer
- antidote
- band-aid solution
- be at the bottom of sth idiom
- clear (sth) up
- clue
- conquer
- conquerable
- fall
- iron sth out
- kill or cure idiom
- magic wand
- modus vivendi
- palliative
- panacea
- result
- round
- solution
- talk sth out
- workaround
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