upshot

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  1. noun The final result; the outcome. See Synonyms at effect.
  2. noun The central idea or point; gist.

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  • Meanwhile Palmerston at home characteristically supported Sir John Bowring through thick and thin, and the upshot was a long war with China. —  Lady John Russell
  • I gathered there had been an amount of feeble family debate, and the upshot was they felt a polite Flavian ambassador should call on you. —  Davis, Lindsey - The Course of Honor
  • Even the PayPal portion of the process was painless, and I know the upshot is being able to reload all my free and purchased applications if I switch devices. alexcnovak April 1, 2009 11: 14 AM PDT —  Top Stories - Google News
  • The topic is the political sniping in Washington over the War on Terror, but the upshot is a lot of logrolling about how brilliant NBC's correspondents are. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Wasn't one of the problems identified in the ISG Report the fact that so many potential leaders had been killed in Iraq that the upshot was a leadership 'vacuum'? —  Firedoglake
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  1. Earlier upshot, the last shot in an archery contest.
 

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