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Come Short (To).

Not to be sufficient. “To come short of” means to miss or fail of attaining.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Come it Strong
Come Lightly
Come Of
Come Off (To)
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Come Out
Come Over One (To)
Come Round
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Come That
Come the Religious Dodge (To)
Come to
Come to Grief (To)
Come to Hand (It has)
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Come to an End
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Come to the Heath
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