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to short out
01
to cause an electrical circuit to fail by creating a short circuit
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
out
Base verb
short
Present tense
short out
3rd person singular
shorts out
Present participle
shorting out
Past simple
shorted out
Past participle
shorted out
Examples
The old wiring caused the lights to short out during the storm.
