short-run

[ shawrt-ruhn ]
/ ˈʃɔrtˌrʌn /

adjective

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

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Origin of short-run

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby short-run

short-laid, short-list, short-lived, short-order, short-range, short-run, short-sheet, short-sighted, short-spoken, short-staffed, short-tailed shearwater
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Words related to short run

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

Idioms and Phrases with short run

short run

see under long run.

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