short order
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noun
a dish or serving of food that is quickly prepared upon request at a lunch counter.
Origin:
1890–95
1890–95
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| short order | |
| —n | |
| chiefly (US), (Canadian) | |
| a. food that is easily and quickly prepared | |
| b. (as modifier): short-order counter | |
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Idioms & Phrases
short order
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Quickly; see in short order.
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An order of food to be prepared and served quickly, as in It's just a diner, serving short orders exclusively. This expression, dating from about 1890, gave rise to the adjective short-order, used not only in , a cook specializing in short orders, but in other terms such as short-order divorce, a divorce quickly obtained owing to liberal divorce laws.
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Example sentences
If this is not the case, the content will be rebuilt in short order.
In short order the council dissolved the rubber-stamp parliament.
Nominal wages are simply not flexible enough to get the job done in short order and there is much to fear from populist backlash.
In short order, the beam fuzzes out and crashes into the cell walls.
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