Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come short

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English

Syllables
come short
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to miss

verb

to be inferior to

Inflected Forms

comes short (present, singular) coming short (participle, present) came short (past)

Synonyms

come short fall short play second fiddle suck sux0r take a back seat undermatch want

Antonyms

exceed

Rhymes With

support court short report sort port sport transport crown court fort resort export

Questions

What does come short mean?
to miss

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