Verb
come up short (third-person singular simple present comes up short, present participle coming up short, simple past came up short, past participle come up short)
Synonym of fall short
They kept coming up short every time they closed out the register.
The register kept coming up short every time they closed it out.
She fished in her purse for more quarters but came up short.
Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. Alex Rodriguez
We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations. Orrin Hatch
We all lose sometimes. We fail to get what we want. Friends and loved ones leave. We make a decision we regret. We try our hardest and come up short. It's not the losing that defines us. It's how we lose. It's what we do afterward. Scott Jurek
To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right? David Twohy
As a writer, one has to be willing to be wrong, willing to make mistakes. I've put everything on the table and accepted the fact that I may come up short. And, if (or when) I do, that's okay. Nikki Giovanni
But in this case, it's Mister Miracle who would come up short. Source: Internet