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2021-11-30 08:11
Go short (of something) verb phrase
If one goes short of something, he or she doesn't have enough of it.
Many families will go short of food because of the long lockdown.
As long as this crop does not fail, my family won't go short of food.
Many people went short of shelter as the flood swept by.
To be on the verge of running out of something.
The verb "go" must be conjugated according to its tense.
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To begin to decline or deteriorate decline; to get worse very quickly
After his leg's injury, his skiing career hit the skids.
