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- come upon the town
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On this page you’ll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to come up short, such as: decline, drop, fall, miss, succumb, and yield.
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO COME UP SHORT
- be humbled
- be outdistanced
- be sunk
- be taken to cleaners
- be the loser
- be worsted
- come up short
- decline
- drop
- drop a bundle
- fall
- kiss goodbye
- lose out
- miss
- succumb
- suffer defeat
- take a beating
- take the count
- take the heat
- yield
- be reduces
- becomes poorer
- bereaves
- capitulates
- consumes
- defaults
- depletes
- disinherits
- displaces
- dispossesses
- dissipates
- divests
- drains
- drops
- exhausts
- expends
- fails
- fails to keeps
- falls short
- forfeits
- forgets
- gives up
- is careless
- is impoverished
- lavishes
- misplaces
- misses
- misspends
- ousts
- passes up
- relinquishes
- robs
- sacrifices
- squanders
- suffers
- suffers loss
- surrenders
- uses up
- wastes
- yields
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
What is another word for come up short?
197 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˈʌm ˌʌp ʃˈɔːt], [ kˈʌm ˌʌp ʃˈɔːt], [ k_ˈʌ_m ˌʌ_p ʃ_ˈɔː_t]
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v.
• lose (verb)
- miss,
- be sunk,
- drop,
- kiss goodbye,
- suffer defeat,
- yield,
- lose out,
- take a beating,
- be the loser,
- take the heat,
- be taken to cleaners,
- be outdistanced,
- succumb,
- decline,
- drop a bundle,
- be worsted,
- be humbled,
- fall,
- take the count.
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Other synonyms:
• lose
- losing,
- coming up short,
- lose,
- suffers defeat,
- come short.
• Other relevant words:
- flatten,
- knock off,
- give,
- nightfall,
- lack,
- finish up,
- swing,
- give in,
- drop curtain,
- afford,
- come,
- send packing,
- declivity,
- call down,
- throw,
- drop down,
- strike,
- dismiss,
- expend,
- generate,
- takings,
- neglect,
- surrender,
- put down,
- escape,
- cliff,
- pin,
- send away,
- nurture,
- young woman,
- fell,
- parent,
- reject,
- return,
- take,
- turn a loss,
- finish,
- dangle,
- settle,
- lift,
- girl,
- correct,
- fall down,
- production,
- pearl,
- haul up,
- cut down,
- proceeds,
- ease up,
- knuckle under,
- default on,
- pass up,
- give way,
- conjure,
- bear,
- boot,
- autumn,
- downfall,
- discharge,
- set down,
- sink,
- drop-off,
- accrue,
- strike down,
- hang,
- throw off,
- fille,
- nonremittal,
- come down,
- drop cloth,
- light,
- arouse,
- put forward,
- dribble,
- capitulation,
- dip,
- reboot,
- decrease,
- diminution,
- pretermit,
- conjure up,
- degenerate,
- throw away,
- invoke,
- elevate,
- deteriorate,
- overlook,
- refer,
- pull up,
- drop off,
- evoke,
- nonpayment,
- bead,
- lessen,
- descent,
- advert,
- suffer,
- output,
- name,
- payoff,
- cast off,
- shake off,
- rear,
- cede,
- frame,
- get up,
- overleap,
- worsen,
- slump,
- turn down,
- tumble,
- dusk,
- land up,
- call forth,
- misfire,
- cite,
- pass,
- spend,
- young lady,
- shine,
- leave out,
- free fall,
- relent,
- compose,
- fall short,
- end up,
- driblet,
- refuse,
- precipitate,
- issue,
- devolve,
- mention,
- evenfall,
- declension,
- raise,
- unload,
- omit,
- buckle under,
- fruit,
- pay,
- crepuscule,
- downslope,
- diminish,
- grant,
- render,
- concede,
- twilight,
- move over,
- gloaming,
- go down,
- straighten up,
- stir,
- soften,
- shed,
- wane,
- descend,
- crepuscle,
- flow,
- spill,
- default option,
- wind up,
- remain down,
- decay,
- drip,
- cast,
- missy,
- declination.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- fetch up,
- default,
- bring up short,
- hang fire,
- draw up,
- bring up.
How to use «Come up short» in context?
When it comes to life, some things are just meant to be. For example, you were probably born with a certain personality and set of abilities. And, even if you don’t believe in destiny, odds are you’re going to come up short at some point in your life. This isn’t a bad thing. In fact, it can be a good thing.
If you believe in the saying «work hard and you will get the results you desire,» then coming up short is a good thing. It means you’re working hard and you’re striving to achieve something.
1) To exert much effort but still fail miserably
2) Fall short of a goal
3) To get busted, caught red handed
1) It took him years to save all that money only to get it all stolen. That’s what he gets for hiding all that cash in his house instead of putting it in the back. What a way to come up short!
2) He was banging this married chick. They were at her house fucking and her husband came home. Her husband was a cop! That guy came up short.
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coming up short
A verb meaning failure to meet expectations. When said the short part is often a higher tone then the rest of the phrase.
* some dweeb gets a question wrong after raising his hand
Me: coming up SHORT
by margery stewart baxter April 26, 2012
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coming up short
What it’s called when a man has sex with a short woman
Rob: Dude where were you last night?
Dave: Sorry man … I was busy coming up short
Rob: You did Marissa?! isn’t she only like 4’11»?
Dave: 4’10» actually.
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