come down vs come up short

come down

verb
  • To descend, fall down, collapse. 

  • To reach a decision. 

  • Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen. 

  • To return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion. 

  • To rain. 

  • To decrease. 

  • To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university. 

  • To be demolished. 

  • To be passed through time. 

come up short

verb
  • Synonym of fall short 

How often have the words come down and come up short occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )