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What does upshot mean?

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Noun
  1. (US) A concise summary.
  2. The final result, or outcome of something.
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The upshot of this discussion for the questions with which we started can be put somewhat simply.
The upshot of it all is that we can now go and fetch our kittens, hopefully before Christmas.
That was the upshot of a very well attended public meeting held at the school hall on Thursday night last.
Anyway, the upshot is that I was on a train yesterday afternoon when I'd like to have been in front of a TV set.
The practical upshot is much the same, of course, so you could argue that it's a distinction without a difference.
The upshot was that the regional council postponed that meeting and held another one.

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