(Australia, North America, Philippines) An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
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(informal, idiomatic, Australia, Canada, US, Philippines) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
: It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore.
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(transitive) To apply an adhesive bandage.
As a school nurse, Pat was used to band-aiding lots of scraped knees and elbows.
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