Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coming up short

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables
com-ing up short
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of come up short

Questions

What does coming up short mean?
present participle and gerund of come up short

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