A player short meaning in English

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Definition

(They can't play because) they're a player short: (They can't play because) they're missing, lacking or minus a player idiom
I'm short a few dollars! or I'm a few dollars short!: I haven't quite got enough dollars! I have a few dollars less than required amount! idiom

Examples

  • "We're a player short. All : Yeah, come on Sigourney!"
Exercise 1
"We're a player short."

Select the statements from the list below which could replace this one and express the same meaning.

There may be more than one correct answer!
"We're a player short."

Select the statements from the list below which could replace this one and express the same meaning.

There may be more than one correct answer!
This statement is incorrect. The idiom "we're a player short" does not mean that the player is small, but rather that there is a player absent from the team.
This is correct. To be a player "short", means that someone is "missing" or "absent", or the team is deficient and "lacking" a player.
This statement is incorrect. The idiom "we're a player short" does not mean that Team Delavigne won't play for a long time, but there is simply a player absent from the team.
This is correct. As an adjective, to be "down" can mean "lower than previously", and is used to describe a situation where a team is missing a member or the team is "short", for example: The sales department is down today, a number of employees have called in sick.

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