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Caught short

adj, slang

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  1. 1
    Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available. British, euphemistic, not-comparable

    "Some clever person came up with the apt name of little John (or big John for the optimist) for a suitably shaped container for those who were caught short."

  2. 2
    unprepared or without enough of something when it is needed idiomatic, informal, not-comparable

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Compare French prendre de court.

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