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RELATED WORDS : bid come break short caught short chuck short ribs come come about come across come after come again come alive come along come and go come apart come around come at come away come back come back at come before come between come by come clean come close come down come down on come forth come forward come hell or high water come hither come hither look come home come in come in for come in handy come into come into being come near come of come of age come off come on come out come out of the closet come over come round come through come to come to grips come to hand come to life come to light come to mind come to nothing come to pass come to terms come to the fore come together come true come up come up against come up to come upon come what may come with cut short fall short fall short of for short in short in short order in short supply kingdom come pepin the short pull up short run short sell short short short account short and sweet short aria short bone short circuit short covering short division short gastric artery short hundredweight short iron short letter short line short list short lived short of short order short pants short ribs short sale short saphenous vein short selling short shrift short sleep short sleeve short story short subject short temper short ton short wave short whist time to come to come whatever may come

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb come short has 1 sense

• come short(v = verb.emotion) fall short - fail to meet (expectations or standards); Array
is one way to disappoint, let down
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

ROGET THESAURUS

come short

Shortcoming

VB come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short, fall short, stop short, not reach, want, keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep within the compass, break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out, come to nothing, fall through, fall to the ground, cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail, lose ground, miss stays.

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