Meaning of short strokes | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“He knows they are in the short strokes—it's almost over.”

“Ironing out the short strokes has taken a little longer than expected, but it all should be worth the wait for Strawberry when the Yankees officially announce today they have re-signed the rehabbed slugger.”

“Sly and Dave Chandler having set the deal, and Al McAfee moving in to do the legal fine points, Maxwell and Johnson tumbled into our lap for just over a million in cash up front and about twice that in Slumberhaven stock and options. I didn't even have to get involved, except for the short strokes toward the end.”

“She can evoke an entire scene in short strokes, as in this from "The Wamsutter Wolf": "This trailer was in ruins, broken-backed because its west end had slipped off the cinder-block supports. All the windows had been shot out."”

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