Down-to-the-short-strokes Definition

adjective

(idiomatic) In the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.

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adverb
(idiomatic) To the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.
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Origin of Down-to-the-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.

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