"short" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

short adverbio

verbo + short

Kolokacji: 5

cut short • caught short • fall short • stop short • sell short

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

(1) cut, catch, fall, stop, sell

Kolokacji: 5

1. cut short = skróć cut short

2. caught short = złapany krótki caught short

One morning, he got caught short in the bathroom and was too weak to clean it up.
Once upon a time, if you were caught short, there would be a convenience at your disposal.
Keeping an open mind about everything kept you from getting caught short a lot of times.
"We were caught short because the British government shut the supplier down."
Omega was coming, and his group wasn't going to be caught short.
"They forced people to pay up," said one dealer who was caught short in the squeeze.
To avoid being caught short, you can download a map of facilities at www.bathnes.gov.uk.
Stacey wasn't caught short; she had been thinking about it.
Patients covered by programs like Medicare have been caught short.
Still, she would be caught short without this one, and it will take all summer to order up a new one.

3. fall short = nie wystarczać fall short

4. stop short = osadź stop short

5. sell short = miej niskie mniemanie o sobie sell short

sold short

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