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come short

come short verb: to miss.

Verb

come short (third-person singular simple present comes short, present participle coming short, simple past came short, past participle come short)

  1. (+ of) to miss
  2. (+ of) to be inferior to

come short meaning in Assamese

come short in Assamese

to come short, be less in measure or quantity
ঘটা ghota, ঘাটা ghata

Synonyms of come short

Antonyms

Forms of come short

third-person singular presentcomes short
present participlecoming short
pastcame short
past participlecome short

Words that rhyme with come short

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Questions about come short

What does come short mean?
Come short means to miss.
What is come short in Assamese?
Come short in Assamese is ঘটা (ghota), ঘাটা (ghata). See Come short meaning in Assamese.
What part of speech is come short?
Come short is a verb.
What is the past tense of come short?
The past tense of come short is came short.

Words near come short in the dictionary

  1. come rain or shine
  2. come rain or snow
  3. come right
  4. come round
  5. come running
  6. come short
  7. come stà
  8. come the acid
  9. come the old acid
  10. come the old soldier
  11. come the raw prawn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come short (page history and authors); ঘটা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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