English Phrase of the Day

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in short
1. prep. As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told.
Analysis
in		©
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep.          Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep.          Within.
4. prep.          Surrounded by.
short		©
1. adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
3. adj. Having little duration; opposite of long.
Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
4. adj. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

Example Sentences

In short, you can't fight a man on a horse when you're on foot.  In short, Home proves that there is life in the old haircut yet.  An evening, in short, that was wonderful and maddening by turns.  In short, all these surveys add up to a contradictory mess.  The spin, in short, is constant and inescapable.

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