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shorts down

shorts down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 shorts down

What is shorts down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shorts down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of short down.

Words near shorts down in the dictionary

  1. shortrange
  2. shortribs
  3. Shortridge
  4. Shortridges
  5. shorts
  6. shorts down
  7. shorts out
  8. shortsea
  9. shortseller
  10. shortsellers
  11. shortsheet

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