Examples of 'step short' in a sentence
Meaning of "step short"
step short: This phrase is often used to describe someone who is close to achieving a goal or success, but falls just short of reaching it
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- To diminish the length or rapidity of the step according to the established rules.
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Broken and one step short of collapse.
One step short of autocephaly is autonomy.
Do not cut this step short.
One step short of the state championship round.
However most people stop one step short of that.
This is only one step short of the full legalisation it demands.
Belcher and these Indians of his are always just one step short of the noose.
But he fell one step short of what the Bible calls repentance.
That 's because you stopped us one step short.
Step short, free time to visit the village.
That girl 's one step short of the demon seed.
Because climbing down there when it 's dark is a thin step short to suicide.
A prequalification is one step short of a preapproval, but has its advantages.
Why? Because climbing down there when it 's dark is a thin step short to suicide.
You are always one step short … if you just pondered a little more.
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Mirrored sunglasses whilst this plays . That is one step short of bursting in wearing.
Is a thin step short of suicide, that 's why.
Because climbing down there when it 's dark is a thin step short of suicide, that 's why.
But one step short of crazy, what do you get?
Because climbing down there when it 's dark is a thin step short to suicide . That 's why.
I'd say they're one step short of completing their masterpiece.
A cease-fire, however, is still a step short of peace.
That girl 's one step short of the demon seed . Just give me an hour.
The F.D.A. 's letters are considered a step short of a formal warning.
You're always one step short … if you just pondered a little more You'd be… almost good.
We do not need someone crazy . But one step short of crazy, what do you get?
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Examples of using Short
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I prepared a short address to commemorate our embarkation
We will rest here for a short time
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