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Meaning of caught short | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available.
    British, euphemistic, not-comparable
  2. unprepared or without enough of something when it is needed
    idiomatic, informal, not-comparable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

caught stealing caught with one's pants down cauldronlike caulescent caulicolous cauliferous

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