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short-run

[shawrt-ruhn]

adjective

happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.

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RELATED WORDS

fleeting, ephemeral, brief, transitory, temporary, short-term, momentary, evanescent, fly-by-night, fugitive, impermanent, passing, quick, short, transient, fugacious, deciduous, short-haul

Nearby words

  1. short-laid,
  2. short-list,
  3. short-lived,
  4. short-order,
  5. short-range,
  6. short-sheet,
  7. short-sighted,
  8. short-sleeve,
  9. short-spoken,
  10. short-staffed

Origin of short-run

First recorded in 1935–40
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Idioms and Phrases with short run

short run

see under long run.

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