fall short
亏损,亏欠,亏空,不及格
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Definitions
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short·er, short·est.
- : having little length; not long.
- : having little height; not tall: a short man.
- : extending or reaching only a little way: a short path.
- : brief in duration; not extensive in time:a short wait.
- : brief or concise, as writing.
- : rudely brief; abrupt; brusque: short behavior.
- : low in amount; scanty: short rations.
- : not reaching a point, mark, target, or the like; not long enough or far enough.
- : below the standard in extent, quantity, duration, etc.: short measure.
- : having a scanty or insufficient amount of: He was short in experience.
- : being below a necessary or desired level; lacking: The office is short due to winter colds and flu.
- : Cooking. crisp and flaky; breaking or crumbling readily from being made with a large proportion of butter or other shortening. containing a relatively large amount of shortening.
Phrases
- short and sweet
- short end of the stick, the
- short for
- short haul
- short notice, on
- short of
- short order
- short run
- short shrift, give
- by the short hairs
- caught short
- cut short
- fall short
- for short
- in brief (short)
- in short order
- in short supply
- in the long (short) run
- life is too short
- long and short of it
- long (short) haul
- make a long story short
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
In short, he moved closer to Pelosi’s position after a monthlong showdown.
Antebellum, the film, has its roots in a short story the duo wrote in October 2017.
When a QED calculation leads to an infinite sum, cut it short.
Rapid short-term cooling following the Chicxulub impact at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.
For best results, cut a short section of FireCord and remove the red strand.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.
In short, fatherhood gets little attention in policy debates.
But the qualities Mario Cuomo brought to public life—compassion, integrity, commitment to principle—remain in short supply today.
In short, we found ways to couch messages of failure or inadequacy.
Sometimes the stems are quite bare; on other occasions they are partly branched; in any case the branches are short.
Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.
He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.
They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.
And since he was a very fast runner—for short distances—he met Grandfather Mole just as the old chap was crawling up the bank.