cut the Gordian knot
verbDefinitions
To solve a seemingly intractable problem by using a simple solution that is unconstrained…
To solve a seemingly intractable problem by using a simple solution that is unconstrained by the assumptions that underpin the usual attempts to solve that problem.
- Yet there were so many difficulties in assigning a natural explanation, that, to the day of her death, she remained in great doubt on the subject, and much disposed to cut the Gordian knot by admitting the existence of supernatural agency.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cut the Gordian knot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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