Stopgap

Stopgap measures won't make a dent in drug addiction.

Tom saw his job as a pump attendant as a stopgap measure until a better one came up.

Mary was only ever Tom's stopgap for when Jane didn't have time for him.

All Mary ever was for Tom was a stopgap for when Jane didn't have time for him.

It's only a stopgap measure.

[A] bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrapping or stop-gap may at last be laid open under the one pair of eyes which have knowledge enough to turn it into the opening of a catastrophe.

The small company used their old product with a few kludged enhancements as a stopgap until they could develop a new product.

Perhaps I shall be told that this wintry exhibition is a mere stopgap and makeshift, until a fresh supply of bright new paintings can be procured, and that it is ultra vires to obtain such for love or money before the merry month of May.

It is often argued that the HST saved BR's InterCity market. It was only ever intended as a stopgap, but it proved to be a winner.

As witness the following. Mr Strudwick, the regular master of the form, happened on one occasion to be away for a couple of days, and a stop-gap was put in in his place. The name of the stop-gap was Mr Somerville Smith. He and Farnie exchanged an unspoken declaration of war almost immediately.