"come short" meaning in All languages combined

See come short on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: comes short [present, singular, third-person], coming short [participle, present], came short [past], come short [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> short}} come short (third-person singular simple present comes short, present participle coming short, simple past came short, past participle come short)
  1. (+ of) to miss
    Sense id: en-come_short-en-verb-hikt-vgy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 83 17
  2. (+ of) to be inferior to
    Sense id: en-come_short-en-verb-7JDfSKv1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: come short, fall short [idiomatic], play second fiddle [idiomatic], suck [US, slang], sux0r [Internet], take a back seat [idiomatic], undermatch, want Hypernyms: be unequal

Inflected forms

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