troubleshoot
or trou·ble-shoot
[ truhb-uhl-shoot ]
/ ˈtrʌb əlˌʃut /
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verb (used without object), trou·ble·shoot·ed or trou·ble·shot, trou·ble·shoot·ing.
to act or be employed as a troubleshooter:She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
verb (used with object), trou·ble·shoot·ed or trou·ble·shot, trou·ble·shoot·ing.
to deal with in the capacity of a troubleshooter.
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Origin of troubleshoot
First recorded in 1930–35; back formation from troubleshooter
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How to use troubleshoot in a sentence
That should serve as a warning that there can be lots more to troubleshoot once you’ve achieved excellent performance scores.
There is also a new long tasks reporting area which can be used to line up with main thread events to detect which scripts are being evaluated so that you can troubleshoot whether you can optimize or eliminate the code.