Usually means: Lacking something needed unexpectedly, unprepared.
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  1. caught short: Merriam-Webster
  2. caught short: Collins English Dictionary
  3. caught short: Wiktionary
  4. Caught Short: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. caught short: Idioms

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  1. caught short: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. caught short: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (caught short)

▸ adjective:  (euphemistic) Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available.

Similar:
spanwanned, shithouse, crappy, crap, asquat, guttered, shiten, squally, jimp, rottletrap, more...

Opposite:
prepared, ready, equipped, stocked up

Phrases:
be caught short, been caught short, being caught short, is caught short, was caught short, more...

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Similar:
spanwanned, shithouse, crappy, crap, asquat, guttered, shiten, squally, jimp, rottletrap, more...

Opposite:
prepared, ready, equipped, stocked up

Phrases:
be caught short, been caught short, being caught short, is caught short, was caught short, were caught short, more...



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