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literarypoland
 
Reply Mon 3 Apr, 2006 07:56 am
"putting so much into his plan and coming up short"

Does it mean: "succeed only to a certain degree"?
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blacksmithn
 
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Reply Mon 3 Apr, 2006 07:59 am
Possibly, but more likely meaning coming up short of success, i.e., not succeeding at all.
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