A temporary fix is a repair meant only to last until a proper one. Apply a temporary fix.
It becomes permanent more often than anybody admits, because it stopped the complaint. A temporary fix that is not written down is the one that catches somebody out years later.
1nountemporary fixA repair meant only to last until a proper one.
“The temporary fix was still holding eleven years later.”
temporary fix is a repair.
Practised in Repair & Damage