Coming up short and Fall short

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Fall short and coming up short are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fall short" instead a verb phrase "Coming up short".

Fall short verb - Fail to meet (expectations or standards).

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Coming up short and fall short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Coming up short" instead a verb phrase "Fall short".

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