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short shrift

[short shrift] {n.} Little or no attention. - Usually used with "get" or "give". * /In books about jobs, women's work is consistently given short shrift./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[shrift] See: [SHORT SHRIFT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[give one short shrift] See: [SHORT SHRIFT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[short] See: [CAUGHT SHORT], [FALL SHORT], [FOR SHORT], [IN BRIEF] or [IN SHORT], [IN SHORT ORDER], [IN SHORT SUPPLY], [MAKE SHORT WORK OF], [RUN SHORT], [SELL SHORT], [THE LONG AND […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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