come up short
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Verb
come up short (third-person singular simple present comes up short, present participle coming up short, simple past came up short, past participle come up short)
- Synonym of fall short
- They kept coming up short every time they closed out the register.
- The register kept coming up short every time they closed it out.
- She fished in her purse for more quarters but came up short.
- 2023 April 5, “Network News: Conservatives accused of "rewarding Avanti's failure"”, in RAIL, number 980, page 6:
- "Avanti has never employed enough drivers to deliver the services it has promised. That is why, every day this year, the company has come up short."
Related terms
See also
- come away with (an outcome or lesson)
- come out ahead
- come up with
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