Sentence examples for shy of from inspiring English sources
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"shy of" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is an idiom that means "just short of" or "less than" and can be used in situations when something falls just short of a goal or number. For instance, you might say, "He fell shy of the goal by three points."
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