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cure-all

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something that cures all ills or problems
  • raising a young person's self-esteem is not the cure-all that some people think

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“Cure-all.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cure-all. Accessed 10 December 2019.

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