Definitions

cut the Gordian knot

VERB

solve a difficult problem

Synonyms

WEAK

clear cut through red tape free get to the bottom of resolve solve unravel unsnarl untangle work out

Example Sentences

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The tangled wars in Sudan, Ethiopia and their neighbours cry out for bold action - and if he were so minded, Trump might cut the Gordian Knot.

From BBC

Sir Bill Cash, who founded the Maastricht Referendum Campaign in the early 1990s, said: “Like Alexander the Great, Boris has cut the Gordian Knot.”

From The Guardian

Long-time eurosceptic lawmaker Bill Cash said Johnson had saved Britain’s democracy from four decades of “subjugation” to Brussels: “Like Alexander the Great, Boris has cut the Gordian knot.”

From Reuters

Embracing that possibility would cut the Gordian knot of the Irish border at one stroke.

From The Guardian

Climate-adaptation researcher David Williams takes a hard look at how researchers in the field can do their best to cut the Gordian knot.

From Nature