in the short run

Meaning

1. concerning the immediate future

   In the short run, unemployment may fall.

In the movies · 4

• I am breaking her heart in the short run...My Best Friend's Wedding1997
• According to your statement, you're a short-con operator, run-of-the-mill...The Usual Suspects1995
• Maybe she can send over some of the things we've run short on.Finding Neverland2004
• sustained even for a short period, you run a critical risk of cardiac arrest.Ford v Ferrari2019

From the same entry

• a brick short of a load, two sandwiches short of a picnic
• get the short end of the stick
• give short shrift
• have on a short fuse
• in short order
• in short supply
• little short of
• make short work of
• short and sweet
• life's too short
• to cut a long story short
• full measure