come short

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come short

To disappoint; to fail to meet certain expectations or goals. I came short on my sales goal this month, which is really disappointing. I know I was supposed to run a full mile. I didn't want to come short, but I was going to collapse if I didn't take a break!

come ˈshort

(South African, informal) have an accident; get into trouble: Kim broke her collarbone and Lisa and a couple others also came short. ♢ We’ve seen a lot of IT companies come short through aggressive expansion.

See also: come, short

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come up short
underwhelm
underwhelmed
underwhelming
letdown
piss on (someone's) chips
piss on (someone's) bonfire
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pee in (someone's) Cheerios
piss in (someone's) Corn Flakes

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one eye on
one eye on (someone or something)
one fell swoop
one fell swoop, in
one final thing
one final word
one fine day
one flesh
one foot in the grave
one foot in the grave, have
one foot out the door
one for all, (and) all for one
one for good luck
one for good measure
one for the (record) book(s)
one for the (record) books
one for the (tea)pot
one for the ages
one for the book
one for the books
one for the Gipper
one for the money
one for the road
one fry short of a Happy Meal
one good turn deserves another
one had come short
one half of the world does not know how the other half lives
one hand for (oneself) and one (hand) for the ship
One hand for oneself and one for the ship
one hand washes the other
one hand washes the other (and both wash the face)
One has to draw the line somewhere
one heck of a (something or someone)
one hell of a (something or someone)
one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after
one in a billion
one in a hundred
one in a million
one in a thousand
one in the eye for
one in the eye for somebody/something
one in the eye for someone
one in the oven
one jump ahead
one jump ahead of someone/something
one last thing
one last word
one law for the rich and another (law) for the poor
one law for the rich and another for the poor
one life to live
one little bit
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one had caught a sniff of it
one had caught a sniff of something
one had caught the devil
one had caused hard feelings
one had caused no hard feelings
one had champagne taste on a beer budget
one had champagne tastes on a beer budget
one had chanked
one had cheeked
one had clear sailing
one had clear sailing ahead
one had clipped
one had clung on to a shred of hope
one had clung to a shred of hope
one had colored inside the lines
one had colored within the lines
one had coloured inside the lines
one had coloured within the lines
one had come a long way
one had come and gone
one had come down with something
one had come from a long line of
one had come from a long line of something
one had come in the open
one had come into the open
one had come out in force
one had come out in large numbers
one had come out in the open
one had come out into the open
one had come running
one had come short
one had come to a turning point
one had come under close scrutiny
one had come under intense scrutiny
one had come under scrutiny
one had come up short
one had cowboyed up
one had created a paper trail
one had days off
one had deaded
one had destroyed
one had determined the root of the problem
one had dialed a wrong number
one had dialed the wrong number
one had dialled a wrong number
one had dialled the wrong number
one had dibs
one had dibs on
one had dibs on it
one had dibs on something
one had done a 180
one had done a flip flop
one had done a flip-flop
one had done a one eighty
one had done a one-eighty
one had done a recce
one had done a reccy
one had done a split
one had done a stretch
one had done a ton
one had done an about face
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