short of
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Having an inadequate supply of, as in We're short of cash right now . [Late 1600s] Also see fall short of .
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Less than, inferior to, as in Nothing short of her best effort was needed to make the team . [Mid-1500s]
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Other than, without resorting to, as in Short of yelling, I had no other way of getting his attention .
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See stop short , def. 3.
Example Sentences
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American Chloe Kim washed out on her final run, falling short of a historic third consecutive snowboard gold medal at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times
But it’s still nothing short of heroic that Europeans have emerged from centuries of war to build a transnational organization that helps deliver longer life expectancy, lower infant mortality, and more affordable healthcare.
From Barron's
But it’s still nothing short of heroic that Europeans have emerged from centuries of war to build a transnational organization that helps deliver longer life expectancy, lower infant mortality, and more affordable healthcare.
From Barron's
The tentative agreement falls short of the 9% pay raise for teachers that the union had asked for.
From Los Angeles Times
But the more I try to practice living a peaceful life on my own terms — and I fall well short of perfection — the more I value the realization that peace really does come from within.
From Salon
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