short strokes

The last or final stages (of something). Said especially of that which has been long, arduous, or tedious. Now that we finally got the server online and the app stable, we're in the short strokes of making it available to users. We'll be in the short strokes once the moving van arrives with the last of our stuff from the old house.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Borghild	-	Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Diodorus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Dione (1)	dee-O-nee (English)	Greek Mythology
Giedrius	-	Lithuanian
Rearden	-	Irish
Sylvester	[sil'vestə]