short with someone

short with someone
*short with someone
abrupt and a little bit rude in speaking to a person. (*Typically: be \short with someone; become \short with someone; get \short with someone.) •

Please don't be short with me. I am doing the best that I can.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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