Similar words: short of breath, short, port of call, shorts, in support of, shorten, shortly, in short. Meaning: v. fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example.
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31 Because power is so decentralized among government institutions, the U.S. system can be said to fall short of the highest standard of majoritarian democracy.
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