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Meanings of come short in English

Fail to meet (expectations or standards)

        Usage of come short in English
        1
        Where these laws come short others should be enacted to supplement them.
        State of the Union Addresses
        2
        She, who had never complained, should of a surety not come short!
        Australia Felix
        3
        The keen air oppressed his chest, making his breath come short.
        The Far Horizon
        4
        They prefer to be misunderstood rather than to come short of its exuberance.
        A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
        5
        Nor would the blessed antitype come short of the type.
        The Theology of Holiness
        6
        But it was not this alone that made his breath come short and raggedly.
        The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
        7
        I've sinned and come short, but drive 'em, O Lord!
        The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
        8
        All men in the future would come short when compared with Sheikh Rashid al Harum.
        Accidentally the sheikh's wife
        9
        You are liberal with your oaths and promises, but come short in deeds, in performances.
        The Youth of the Great Elector
        10
        The Church must not come short of this joy.
        Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
        11
        We were very anxious indeed not to come short.
        The Pool in the Desert
        12
        But to my surprise she did not come short.
        Mr. Fortescue / An Andean Romance
        13
        How mortifying, how dreadful in all things to come short of even one's own standard.
        Stepping Heavenward
        14
        He'd come short off if I got to him!
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 5, 1917
        15
        I'm a sinner.' But we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
        Ebony
        16
        If I come short in any circumstance, I beg pardon of those that can correct me.
        The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or, Good News for the Vilest of Men
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