short-change

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Verb

short-change (third-person singular simple present short-changes, present participle short-changing, simple past and past participle short-changed)

  1. Alternative form of shortchange
    • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:
      If you feel I have short-changed Brunel by not detailing all his accomplishments, it's only because he's so well known to us rail aficionados.

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