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Definition of Hot potato
1. Noun. A difficult situation. "He dropped the topic like a hot potato"
Generic synonyms: Situation
Definition of Hot potato
1. Noun. A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires. ¹
2. Noun. (countable idiomatic) An awkward or delicate problem with which nobody wants to be associated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com