Definition of upshot
: the final result : outcome
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the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws
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The upshot is the same as in Possibility Two: The order will not become moot as long as the entry ban is stayed.
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The upshot: Whaley will emerge from this year's November election with -- at best -- $200,000 in her gubernatorial account.
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The upshot may be as earthshaking in the US$600 billion global telecom market as the breakup of Ma Bell was in the US market.
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: the final result What was the upshot of the negotiations?
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