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Can someone perhaps suggest an saying expressing the notion of attempting to limit or mitigate damage that has been caused (not necessarily by one's own wrong doing)? Thanks.

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When asked to explain his stance, the governor likened himself to “the little Dutch boy” with his finger in the damn, trying to hold back the floodwaters

You may be familiar with the story. A little boy who plugs a leak in the wall of a dam with his finger. Is that what you mean?

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A little boy who plugs a leak in the wall of a dam with his finger. Is that what you mean?




Or either dike, one.

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by, how about "to spin" or "put a spin on"? And the sycophants who do that are called "spin doctors."

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Revamp? Botch? (in a clumsy way)
Remediation, remediate?

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assuage, allay, alleviate, abate, palliate, moderate

Enter "moderate" or "mitigate damage" etc in OneLook's reverse dictionary

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I still go with "spin."

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You mean other than "damage control"? That's the one I've heard the most. Lotsa movies.

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also Brit. damage limitation

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