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short shrift definition

short shrift

  1. Obsolete a brief time granted a condemned person for religious confession and absolution before his execution
  2. very little care or attention, as from lack of patience or sympathy
short shrift Idioms

make short shrift of

to make short work of; dispose of quickly and impatiently

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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