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Synonyms for fall short


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : shawrt
Phonetic Transcription : ʃɔrt

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Définition of fall short

Origin :
  • Old English sceort, scort "short, not long, not tall; brief," probably from Proto-Germanic *skurta- (cf. Old Norse skorta "to be short of," skort "shortness;" Old High German scurz "short"), from PIE root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut," with notion of "something cut off" (cf. Sanskrit krdhuh "shortened, maimed, small;" Latin curtus "short," cordus "late-born," originally "stunted in growth;" Old Church Slavonic kratuku, Russian korotkij "short;" Lithuanian skurstu "to be stunted," skardus "steep;" Old Irish cert "small," Middle Irish corr "stunted, dwarfish").
  • Meaning "having an insufficient quantity" is from 1690s. Meaning "rude" is attested from late 14c. Meaning "easily provoked" is from 1590s; perhaps the notion is of being "not long in tolerating." Short fuse in figurative sense of "quick temper" first attested 1968. To fall short is from archery. Short run "relatively brief period of time" is from 1879. Short story first recorded 1877. To make short work of "dispose of quickly" is first attested 1570s. Phrase short and sweet is from 1530s. To be short by the knees (1733) was to be kneeling; to be short by the head (1540s) was to be beheaded.
  • As in go without : adj deny or be denied
  • As in let down : verb disappoint
  • As in lose : verb be deprived of; mislay
  • As in misfire : verb fail
  • As in miss : verb fail, make a mistake
  • As in shrink : verb become smaller
  • As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
  • As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
  • As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
  • As in flop : verb fail miserably
Example sentences :
  • Shall God's fiction, which is man's reality, fall short of man's fiction?
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • My words do not carry its august sense; they fall short and cold.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • When we grow truthful, it may be forgiven us if we fall short of wit.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • And was she, Anastasia, to fall short in such a simple craft?
  • Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner
  • So long as we fall short of the state of unity we are in the stage of immaturity.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • To fall short of this, is to fall short of what it means to be a man.
  • Extract from : « Gloria Crucis » by J. H. Beibitz
  • These doctrines are thus found to fall short of the Kantian criticism.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • The difficulty is, of course, not to undershoot, to fall short.
  • Extract from : « Opportunities in Aviation » by Arthur Sweetser
  • Is it not enough that I should fall short of you in actual fighting?
  • Extract from : « The Iliad » by Homer
  • But the distance is doubtful, and the shots might fall short.
  • Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid

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