Definitions from Wiktionary (go short)
▸ verb: (UK, intransitive) To have an insufficient amount. [with of ‘something’]
▸ verb: (finance) To sell a financial product (such as a share) now, even though one does not presently own it, in the hope of buying it more cheaply for delivery at a later date, so as to profit from a fall in price below the price at which one sold it; cf. go long.
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▸ verb: (UK, intransitive) To have an insufficient amount. [with of ‘something’]
▸ verb: (finance) To sell a financial product (such as a share) now, even though one does not presently own it, in the hope of buying it more cheaply for delivery at a later date, so as to profit from a fall in price below the price at which one sold it; cf. go long.
Similar:
come short,
short,
fall short,
give out,
shorten,
come up short,
scant,
scrimp,
skrimp,
overshorten,
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