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Antonyms for hot potato


Grammar : Noun



Definition of hot potato

  • As in cause celebre : noun celebrated case
  • As in cause célèbre : noun controversial issue
  • As in imperilment : noun danger
  • As in crisis : noun critical situation
  • As in danger : noun hazard, troublesome situation
  • As in hazard : noun danger
Example sentences :
  • It wa'n't the hot potato dialect Piddie uses; but it leaned that way.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • "Tom, if I had such a sister as you've got, I'd tie a hot potato in her mouth," he exclaimed.
  • Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens
  • So they dropped me like a hot potato; never pestered me again.
  • Extract from : « A Simpleton » by Charles Reade
  • She was a magnificent woman, Mr. Moody, and she dropped me like a hot potato.
  • Extract from : « My Lady's Money » by Wilkie Collins
  • Roque dropped his doctor character like a hot potato when he learned the import of the flashes.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany » by Horace Porter
  • Place the hot potato mixture in a pastry bag and press rosettes on a flat buttered tin pan three inches apart.
  • Extract from : « A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband » by Louise Bennett Weaver
  • She had expected to find a bowl of hot potato soup and a plate of sausage and garlic.
  • Extract from : « Robert Tournay » by William Sage
  • He then threw his arms around his wife, gave her another hug, and then dropped her like a hot potato.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Trail » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Roy swung sharply to meet it, dropped his bat like a hot potato and streaked for first.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Sweater » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Pluxton Cuddle called for order, but even as he spoke a hot potato went sailing through the air and hit him in the shirt front.
  • Extract from : « The Putnam Hall Rebellion » by Arthur M. Winfield

Synonyms for hot potato

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