go short

Some speculate the singer may have been encouraged to go short by her younger, but equally stylish, sister Solange.

The conscientious Director did not allow his auditory to go short of a single bar of the music; he knew how to help himself!

The man that straps a cross cove's horse don't go short of his half-crown—two or three of them, maybe.

Yet, as I know very well, when the pinch does come he will go short and say nothing whatever to anybody.

There were other worthy customers who might have to go short of their regular quota if he sold in amounts of that size.

After they have sold all of it, the public may still be anxious for more, and the pool operators may go short of the stock.