Checking of grammar?

in what context? isn’t the phrase “i came up short”?

came up short? I didn’t know. I think that’s the phrase. however, using the word ‘up’ is not formal. What I want to say, I wasn’t able to show my best. That’s why came up short?

“I came up short” is what you want. It means I didn’t have enough money or I didn’t score enough points or I was not successful.

“I came out short” is more like “My parents were tall but I came out short.”

@unodos What @Darwin said sums it up nicely; the rule of thumb is don’t pick apart an expression, rather, simply understand its meaning – even if it doesn’t “sound” right. You can always look it up.

Yeah, what @Darwin said…“came out short” sounds funky and awkwarddd.

Actually, both expressions are acceptable, but mean slightly different things.

As @Darwin said, though, it’s probably not the expression @unodos is looking for. He correctly identifies that phrasal verbs are usually informal.

Perhaps a more formal alternative is what he’s after?

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