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short strokes

short strokes noun: the final steps of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.

Noun

short strokes pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only, usually preceded by the) The final steps of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.
    • He knows they are in the short strokes—it's almost over.1990, M. E. Morris, The Last Kamikaze, →ISBN, page 242
    • 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.1998 January 8, Peter Botte, “Straw Signing Official Today”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 18 May 2009
    Synonyms:
    finishing touches, final effort, last gasp
  2. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Bare essentials.
    • 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."2005, Martin Levin, "Shelf Life" (review of Close Range by Annie Proulx), Globe and Mail (Canada), 15 Jan., p. D13

short strokes meaning in Bengali

short strokes in Bengali

একদম প্রয়োজনীয় বিষয়সমূহ

Synonyms of short strokes

Origin of short strokes

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.

Words formed from short strokes

Questions about short strokes

What does short strokes mean?
Short strokes means the final steps of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.
What is short strokes in Bengali?
Short strokes in Bengali is একদম প্রয়োজনীয় বিষয়সমূহ. See Short strokes meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is short strokes?
Short strokes is a noun.

Words near short strokes in the dictionary

  1. short stop
  2. short stops
  3. short stories
  4. short story
  5. short straddle
  6. short strokes
  7. short stuff
  8. short subject
  9. short subjects
  10. short sweetening
  11. short sword

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