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gone short

gone short is the past participle of go short.

Meaning of go short

Verb

go short (third-person singular simple present goes short, present participle going short, simple past went short, past participle gone short)

  1. (UK, intransitive) To have an insufficient amount.
    • My parents were very poor, and we often went short of food.
  2. To sell a financial product (such as a share) now, even though one does not presently own it, in the hope of buying it more cheaply for delivery at a later date, so as to profit from a fall in price below the price at which one sold it; cf. go long.

Questions about gone short

What is gone short the past participle of?
Gone short is the past participle of go short.

Words near gone short in the dictionary

  1. gone rogue
  2. gone round
  3. gone round in circles
  4. gone round the houses
  5. gone round with
  6. gone short
  7. gone sing
  8. gone slap off on
  9. gone snake
  10. gone so far as
  11. gone soft

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