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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