Definition of Upshat
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A concise summary of a lengthy explanation. The bottom line.
I'm not interested in hearing all the details. Just give me the upshot.
- The final result, or outcome of something.
The upshot was that they had to get married.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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