单词 | to come short home |
释义 | > as lemmasto come short home ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)] to wend againeOE i-cherrec1000 again-chareOE again-comeOE again-fareOE again-goOE eft-sithec1175 to turn againc1175 returna1325 attournec1386 turnc1390 recovera1393 repair?c1400 recourse?a1425 to go backc1425 resortc1425 revertc1475 renew1488 retour?1505 to make return1534 to turn back1538 retend1543 to come short home1548 regress1552 rejourna1556 revolt1567 revolve1587 repeal1596 recur1612 rewend1616 revene1656 to get back1664 to take back1674 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > decrease in quantity or number > return home with reduced number to come short home1548 society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)] > fail to return to come short home1677 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > fail to reach goal or objective to miss of the markc1400 to miss one's (also the) mark (also aim, etc.)1604 to come short home1720 to miss one's tip1847 to tear it1909 trail1957 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxvv The erle of Warwicke had come to short home, to tel these tidynges, if the duke..might haue had his awne will. 1577 tr. ‘F. de L'Isle’ Legendarie sig. Giv Fiue of them came short home, and the most doulte of all remained behinde. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxiv. xiii. 861 Many of his enemies were caught up and came short home. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 29 Take heed your head come not short home. 1677 W. Hubbard Narrative (1865) II. 93 Many of the young Men..did, Sundry of them, come short Home. 1712 J. Warder True Amazons 57 And will venture in, tho' they come short home. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 200 He had not always..Success in these Enterprizes, for sometimes we came short home. 1762 Observ. Bill draining Low Lands County of Lincoln 5 Should Emergencies..require it, I fear 200l. will come very short Home. 1878 Baily's Mag. Nov. 13 The gang-class are desperate villains as a rule, and..if one of them comes short home sometimes, it is nobody's loss, as a man who goes out prepared to kill is a murderer. < as lemmas |
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