come short

1. 1.

   fail to meet (expectations or standards)

   Synonymsfall short

   Broaderdisappoint

Questions about come short

What does come short mean?

come short means "fail to meet (expectations or standards)".

What is another word for come short?

Close synonyms include fall short. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is come short a common word?

come short is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.