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Getting short vs Getting shortened

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Getting short' is used to describe someone becoming impatient or losing their temper, while 'getting shortened' is used when something is physically reduced in length or duration.

Last updated: March 31, 2024 • 664 views

Getting short

This phrase is correct and commonly used to describe someone becoming impatient or losing their temper.

This phrase is used to describe someone becoming impatient or losing their temper. It is often used in informal conversations.

Examples:

I can see you're getting short with me. Is everything okay?
She's getting short because she's been waiting for so long.

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As the deadline approached, Serrat would check in more often, reminding us that our time was getting short.
Time's getting short.
I was really getting short on time.
Time is getting short and we've got a graduate.
Time is getting short, but I have a plan.
Mr President, time is now getting short for completion of the talks on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
I need two freight cars to take the cattle to the slaughterhouse, we are getting short on fodder so I'll have to sell a few heifers.
Guess they're getting short of men!
Guess they're getting short of men!
We were getting short on money, and my mother knew that... unless she found herself a husband fast... she'd have to swallow her pride and head back to New York, which woulïve been fine with me.
Maybe destiny will figure out We're getting short on water And find us a planet with nice fresh water
Money started getting short...
Time is getting short, Brian.
And I was getting short!
We're getting short on the hallway.
Time's getting short.
Time is getting short.
HR's getting short on funds since we took down Elias, so he's chasing down street money with a baseball bat.
Time is getting short and if we consider that EUROCODES gave way to CEN in 1989, progress in this area has not exactly been setting the heather on fire.
I'm cutting my hair, it's getting short and long, because every time I saw Kofi Annan, I was so worried that he thought I was a hippie that I cut it, and that was kind of what was going on.

Alternatives:

getting impatient
losing patience
getting annoyed

Getting shortened

This phrase is correct and used when something is physically reduced in length or duration.

This phrase is used when something is physically reduced in length or duration. It is commonly used in contexts related to time or physical objects.

Examples:

The meeting is getting shortened due to time constraints.
The book was getting shortened to fit the publisher's requirements.

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This concept was eventually shortened into your nickname...
I thought you said alcohol shortened your life.
Faster distribution of the wagon orders, shortened handling time at interchange points.
You shortened my father's life!
The Council had already shortened the deadlines contained in the initial proposals.
By arrangement with the competent authorities concerned, the period indicated may be shortened.
The deadline for notification of such decisions should be shortened.
Consequently, the deadlines for forwarding information on the outcomes of this Directive should be shortened.
In case the next Regulation becomes applicable before that date, the period of extension should be correspondingly shortened.
Perhaps the general comments could be shortened instead.
They've shortened much faster than anticipated.
This deadline was shortened to seven years for cancerous or mutagenic substances or those toxic to reproduction.
The days shortened up and the nights were endless.
James and I made it through the dust with our lives considerably shortened.
I've shortened your calf muscles to theoretically increase your jumping ability.
I think your pacemaker shortened out.
It'll be shortened by those in the front.
Tendons have shortened from disuse, causing intense pain.
Jack, your lifespan will be substantially shortened.
Immediately after the premiere, the film was shortened and altered.

Alternatives:

being reduced in length
getting cut down
getting trimmed

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