be a question of doing sth
Definition
C1 to be necessary to do a particular thing: It's simply/just a question of working hard for a month and then you can relax.Essential or necessary
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Synonyms and related words:
- a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do idiom
- basically adverb
- call for sth phrasal verb
- dependence noun
- elemental adjective
- essential adjective
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