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shorted down

shorted down is the simple past and past participle of short down.

Meaning of short down

Verb

short down (third-person singular simple present shorts down, present participle shorting down, simple past and past participle shorted down)

  1. (informal, transitive) To reduce the price of a stock by selling short.
  2. (informal, intransitive, nonstandard) To turn off due to a malfunction.
  3. Synonym of shorten up.
    Synonyms:
    shorten up

Questions about shorted down

What is shorted down the simple past and past participle of?
Shorted down is the simple past and past participle of short down.

Words near shorted down in the dictionary

  1. shortcutter
  2. shortcutters
  3. shortcutting
  4. shorte
  5. shorted
  6. shorted down
  7. shorted out
  8. Shortell
  9. Shortells
  10. shorten
  11. shorten down

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