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upshot |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Upshot \Up"shot`\, n. [Up + shot, equivalent to scot share, reckoning. Cf the phrase to cast up an account.] Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end the result; the consummation. I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot. --Shak. We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. --De Quincey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: upshot n : a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business" [syn: {consequence}, {effect}, {outcome}, {result}, {issue}]
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