short &c v.; default, defalcation; leeway; labor in vain, no go.
incompleteness &c 53; imperfection &c 651; insufficiency &c 640;
noncompletion &c 730; failure &c 732.
V. 303, come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short, fall
short, stop short; not reach; want; keep within bounds, keep within the
mark, keep within the compass.
break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out [U.S.], come to
nothing; fall through, fall to the ground; cave in, end in smoke, miss
the mark, fail; lose ground; miss stays.
Adj. unreached; deficient; short, short of; minus; out of depth;
perfunctory &c (neglect) 460.
Adv. within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds;
behindhand; re infecta [Lat.]; to no purpose; for from it.
Phr. the bubble burst.