SHORT OF

(1) {adj. phr.} 1. Less or worse than. * /Don't do anything short of your best./ 2. Not having enough. * /We did not buy anything because we were short of money./ * /The girls were asked to wait on tables because the kitchen was short of help./ (2) {adv. phr.} Away from; at a distance from. * /The day's drive still left us a hundred miles short of the ocean./ * /The golfer's shot fell far short of the hole./