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up⋅shot

  [uhp-shot]
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–noun
1. the final issue, the conclusion, or the result: The upshot of the disagreement was a new bylaw.
2. the gist, as of an argument or thesis.
Origin:
1525–35; up- + shot 1

Synonyms:
1. consequence, outgrowth, aftereffect.
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up·shot   (ŭp'shŏt')   
n.  
  1. The final result; the outcome. See Synonyms at effect.
  2. The central idea or point; gist.

[Earlier upshot, the last shot in an archery contest.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Upshot

Up"shot`\, n. [Up + shot, equivalent to scot share, reckoning. Cf. the phrase to cast up an account.] Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot. --Shak.

We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. --De Quincey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : upshot
Spanish: resultado,
German: das Endergebnis,
Japanese: 結末
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upshot 
1531, from up + shot (n.); originally, the final shot in an archery match, hence the fig. sense of "result, issue, conclusion" (1604).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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