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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: upshot 'final shot in an archery competition' (16-17 centuries)

upshot

 noun
     
up‧shot

the upshot (of something)

the final result of a situation:
The upshot was that after much argument they all agreed to help her.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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