(idiomatic) Adopt a solution to a specific problem which does not address the larger, more general problem of which the specific problem is an instance.

(politics) An issue on which most voters and candidates share the same opinion.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fudge the issue

present participle of fudge the issue

simple past tense and past participle of fudge the issue

Issuing; coming out; coming forth, as from a covert.

(politics, social relations) A discussion point or a difference in points of view which is particularly likely to be controversial and a source of discord between discussants or other involved parties; a difference in viewpoints which causes disharmony within a political or social group.

plural of issue pea

(medicine, archaic) A pea, or similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus.

(law) An issue produced in a pretended action between two parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question of fact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause.