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shore leave
Permission given to a man in the Navy to leave his ship and go where he wants for a certain length of time.
Jim went to visit New York when he was given three days' shore leave.
The ship did not dock long enough for the sailors to get shore leave.
shore patrol
The police of a navy.
The shore patrol was ordered to search every sailor who went on board the ship.
The sailors who were fighting in town were arrested by the shore patrol.
short and sweet
Brief and to the point.
Henry's note to his father was short and sweet. He wrote, "Dear Dad, please send me $5. Love, Henry."
short haul
A short distance; a short trip.
The Scoutmaster said that it was just a short haul to the lake.
The man from the moving company said they did not make short hauls, so we hired a truck to move our furniture three blocks to our new house.
short of breath
Panting and wheezing.
He ran up six flights of stairs so rapidly that he was short of breath for several minutes.
shortchange
To return less money to a customer in a store than is coming to him or her; cheat.
I was shortchanged by the cashier when I got seven dollars back instead of eight.
shorthanded
Understaffed; short on workers.
With several employees gone for the holiday weekend and two dozen people in line, the rent-a-car agency suddenly found itself terribly shorthanded.
shot in the arm
Something inspiring or encouraging.
The general's appearance was a shot in the arm for the weary soldiers.
We were ready to quit, but the coach's talk was a shot in the arm.