Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Come up short.
4 letter answer(s) to come up short
FAIL
be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"
be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"
disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of
3 letter answer(s) to come up short
OWE
be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
be obliged to pay or repay
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