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to be taken short

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  • taken short — same as ↑caught short above. • • • Main Entry: ↑short …   Useful english dictionary

  • taken short —    needing to urinate at an inconvenient time or place    From the days when coaches, and trains without corridors, made no intermediate stops between staging posts or stations:     We used to empty bully beef tines for urinating in. If a man was …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • be caught (or Brit. taken) short — 1》 be put at a disadvantage. 2》 Brit. informal urgently need to urinate or defecate. → short …   English new terms dictionary

  • taken short —  In urgent need of urination …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • The Road Not Taken (short story) — Infobox short story name = The Road Not Taken title orig = translator = author = Harry Turtledove country = language = English series = genre = Science Fiction published in = Analog Science Fiction publication type = publisher = media type = pub… …   Wikipedia

  • short —  1. (n.] Short film.  2. n. & v. Short circuit.  3. Drink of spirits as distinct from drink (e.g. beer) taken in larger quantity. Also something short.  4. See caught short, taken short …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • short — short1 W1S1 [ʃo:t US ʃo:rt] adj comparative shorter superlative shortest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2¦(length/distance)¦ 3¦(not tall)¦ 4¦(book/letter)¦ 5¦(not enough)¦ 6 be short on something 7¦(less than)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • short — I [[t]ʃɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES ♦ shorter, shortest (Please look at category 24 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) ADJ GRADED If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does… …   English dictionary

  • short — 1 adjective LENGTH/HEIGHT/DISTANCE 1 measuring a small amount in distance or length: a short corridor with two rooms on each side | a short skirt | It s a short drive from the airport. | Anita had her hair cut short. 2 PERSON someone who is short …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • short — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b not long in duration; brief (a short time ago; had a short life). c seeming less than the stated amount (a few short years of happiness). 2 of small… …   Useful english dictionary

  • short — adjective 1》 of a small length or duration.     ↘(of a ball in sport) travelling only a small distance before bouncing. 2》 relatively small in extent. 3》 (of a person) small in height. 4》 (short of/on) not having enough of (something); lacking or …   English new terms dictionary

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