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What (who) is short shrift - definition
short shrift
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
n.
quick work
1) to make short shrift of ('to finish with quickly')
2) to give smb. short shrift ('to deal with smb. summarily')
3) to get short shrift from smb. ('to be treated summarily by smb.')
short shrift
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
¦ noun
1. rapid and unsympathetic dismissal; curt treatment.
2. archaic little time between condemnation and execution or punishment.
sell short
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PRACTICE OF SELLING SECURITIES OR OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY OWNED
Short sell; Selling short; Sell short; Short Selling; Shorting; Shorted; Short (futures); Short sale; Short position; Sold short; Shorting against the box; Buy to Cover; Buying to cover; Buy to cover; Short selling.; Short-and-distort; Cover (finance); Short selling; Short-sell; Short-selling; Short seller; Short sales; Short-sale; Going short; Dedicated short; Shortselling; Short term position; Naked Shorting; Short transaction; Shortseller; Short-seller; Covering (short-selling); Cover (short-selling); Short-sellers
see sell
Examples of use of short shrift
1. Murrow‘s anti–McCarthy crusade, get short shrift.
2. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Surkov gave short shrift to Russia‘s domestic opposition.
3. Simon Hoggart÷ Short shrift for refugees and little perishers
4. Unfortunately, human intelligence has gotten short shrift from the administration.
5. Asian policymakers give short shrift to such arguments.