short strokes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The final steps of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.
  2. Bare essentials.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

short strokes

Etymology

Possibly an allusion to painting, in which a painter typically finishes a work with short, careful, finishing strokes of the paint brush, or to golf, in which a player concludes each hole by making short strokes with a putter.

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