How to pronounce “come up short”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• Synonym of fall short.

Practice Nearby Words

end off, miss the bus, shortify, leap at, come in useful, come at a cost, go a cropper, count upon, walk tall, wait upon, aim for the sky, nail it, shoot for the moon, hyperreact, synth, jumble up, take the hint, hold one's ground, make the headlines, make both ends meet, reach for the moon, piece up, grasp for straws, take some air, vacuum up, go half and half, grab the headlines, die like flies, counterdistinguish, disalign, take one's seat, let well enough alone, play a role, come down cats and dogs, counterindicate, build upon, get the meaning, feel like oneself, knuckle to, lift the bar, prey upon, drag one's heels, lead someone down the garden path, reckon upon, touch a chord, dechoke, set pen to paper, embroaden, leave one's options open, crawl before one can walk, hyphenize, run roughshod over, bear a grudge, sprucen up, do one's stuff, enburden, put lie to, skate around, pick up steam, give lie to, scratch below the surface, fantasticize, fill and flee, tread on eggshells, throw in the sponge, starvate, break the web, join the dots, chafe at the bit, differentialize, set afire, run a fever, leave well alone, rise with the sun, count one's lucky stars, grub out, uninitialize, deattach, save appearances, get someone there, gain steam, throw for a loop, go for the jugular, malappropriate, twirl one's thumbs, mince matters, offer a knee, sit by, beat the tar out of, bump-start, know any better, go to the ends of the world, push the edge of the envelope, breathe one's last breath, amok, wear the breeches, come the old acid, fill and fly, co-op, find religion

Similar Sounds

come apart, comport, come short, compart, come about, kingsport, compared, cut short, comports, came about