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Definition of the long and short of

long and short of, the

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Other terms relating to 'and':

Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery".
Definitions include: "rain".
Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''.
Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
Definitions include: clumsy.
Definitions include: better than all that.
Definitions include: the best.
Definitions include: without substance; all talk and no action.
Definitions include: a lot of money.
Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: et cetera.
Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
Definitions include: interjection of agreement.

Other terms relating to 'long':

Definitions include: an unlikely occurrence.
Definitions include: soon.
Definitions include: form of reference for an impressive male.
Definitions include: acronym for "foot-long floater", i.e. a floating piece of feces that's a foot long.
Definitions include: acronym for "long-distance relationship".
Definitions include: exhausting.
Definitions include: when a female booty crack real real low.
Definitions include: a con that takes a long time.
Definitions include: a person with a long penis.
Definitions include: money.
Definitions include: a hippie.
Definitions include: old.
Definitions include: the future.
Definitions include: adjective.
Definitions include: a greeting.

Other terms relating to 'of':

Definitions include: a worthless person.
Definitions include: sexual activity.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a little crazy
Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
Definitions include: "not all there".
Definitions include: skittish.
Definitions include: an amount of violence.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: an impressive.
Definitions include: an impressive.
Definitions include: many.
Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
Definitions include: better than all that.
Definitions include: the best.

Other terms relating to 'short':

Definitions include: a little crazy
Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
Definitions include: "not all there".
Definitions include: See short fuse.
Definitions include: to catch or trap a person in a difficult situation.
Definitions include: under-supplied.
Definitions include: long story short.
Definitions include: crazy.
Definitions include: really stupid.
Definitions include: to be mentally or physically challenged.
Definitions include: out of luck; "in the doghouse".
Definitions include: pubic hair, usually male.
Definitions include: brief and to the point.
Definitions include: "Short bus" refers to a handicapped school bus.
Definitions include: to cheat or swindle.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

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