caught short in English

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{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "prendre de court"
      },
      "expansion": "French prendre de court",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare French prendre de court.",
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "caught short (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "source": "w"
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Colin Cox, Short Hops Across the Atlantic, page 174",
          "text": "Some clever person came up with the apt name of little John (or big John for the optimist) for a suitably shaped container for those who were caught short.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available."
      ],
      "id": "en-caught_short-en-adj-0Rce5YOQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "taken short"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "caught short"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "prendre de court"
      },
      "expansion": "French prendre de court",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare French prendre de court.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "caught short (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English euphemisms",
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        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Colin Cox, Short Hops Across the Atlantic, page 174",
          "text": "Some clever person came up with the apt name of little John (or big John for the optimist) for a suitably shaped container for those who were caught short.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "taken short"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "caught short"
}

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"caught short" meaning in English

Adjective