Down to the short strokes In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "down to the short strokes", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Rachel Chau calendar 2021-11-01 07:11

Meaning of Down to the short strokes

Down to the short strokes prepositional phrase

In the final steps or approaching the end of a long process

It is getting down to the short strokes for selecting the women’s football team.

Our office upgrade project is down to the short strokes.

They are coming down to the short strokes of their funding.

Other phrases about:

to tie up loose ends
To complete things that are left unfinished
draw a line under something

To decide that something is completely finished so that you can start doing something else

round (something) out

To finish or complete something in a satisfactory way

put paid to something

To put an end to something

(reach) the end of the line/road

1. Used to refer to a point where a process or an activity ends

2. Used to refer to a point where someone no longer survives; death

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.

The Origin Cited: wiktionary .
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