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short order
1noun
- a dish or serving of food that is quickly prepared upon request at a lunch counter.
short-order
2[ shawrt-awr-der ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or specializing in short orders:
a short-order cook; short-order diner.
- performed or supplied quickly:
They obtained a short-order divorce decree.
short order
noun
- food that is easily and quickly prepared
- ( as modifier )
short-order counter
Word History and Origins
Origin of short order1
Origin of short order2
Example Sentences
The bottom line is that Biden administration efforts to ease debt burdens are likely to be swept away in short order.
A trio of judges threw the appeal out in very short order, without even leaving the courtroom to confer.
Network television is where the form almost entirely lives, with three new broadcast sitcoms appearing in short order this week and next.
Fox News would likewise turn its attention to the new administration in relatively short order, having been burned before for repeating bogus election fraud claims.
In short order, the dredging technology that Mero had imagined was developed, and commercial extraction appeared imminent.
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