“We need to get this resolved as soon as possible.”

English Lesson: We need to get this resolved as soon as possible.

There's a bug in your company's website. You send an email to the web development team and tell them about the problem. You add that it's very urgent.

We need to get this resolved as soon as possible.

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We need to (do something)

If you're in charge of a group, or if you feel really confident in your opinion, you can tell people "We need to ___":

For example:

We need to get to work. We don't have a lot of time left.

We need to do the best that we can with our current budget.

get (a problem or question) resolved

"Resolving" a problem means finding a solution for it. "Resolving" a question means finding an answer for it. When you have a serious problem or an important question, you probably want to "get it resolved" quickly:

We need to get that resolved soon.

People also use the phrase "have ___ resolved":

I'll try to have it resolved by the end of the week.

as soon as possible

People use the phrase "as soon as possible" to talk about things that need to be done quickly:

Please call me back as soon as possible.

I need an answer as soon as possible.

When you use this phrase to talk about something that's not very urgent, people may think that you are being impatient.

Sometimes "as soon as possible" is shortened to the acronym "ASAP".