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- noun idiomatic The final steps of an
undertaking , especially one which has beenlengthy orlaborious . - noun idiomatic
Bare essentials .
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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.
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