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動詞

go short (三人称単数 現在形 goes short, 現在分詞 going short, 過去形 went short, 過去分詞 gone short)

1. (Britain) (intransitive, または transitive with of) To have an insufficient amount (of).

   My parents were very poor, and we often went short of food.

2. (finance) To sell a financial product, such as a share, that one does not presently own, as in the hope of buying it more cheaply later for delivery, so as to profit from a fall in price; cf. go long.