half measuresnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌhɑːf ˈmeʒ.əz/us/ˌhæf ˈmeʒ.ɚz/disapprovingactions that only achieve part of what they are intended to achieve:
I'm not interested in half measures.
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- avenue
- basis
- channel
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- open sesame
- resort
- shortcut
- vein
- whereby
- workings
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