Caught short, perhaps (10)
I believe the answer is:
contracted
This might be a double definition.
'caught' is the first definition.
(to catch an illness is to contract it)
'short perhaps' is the second definition.
'contracted' can be an answer for 'short' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'perhaps' bit.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for contracted that I've seen before include "Formally agreed; shrank" , "Got shorter" .)