shy of

تقریبا. . چیزی حدود. .

کمتر از، قدری کمتر از، اندکی کمتر، نزدیک به

یه کم مونده به، یه خورده کمتر از ،
slightly less than
Just a few months shy of graduation, the teenager became a “ghost, ”
Luckily our boxer's weight is just shy of 60 kilos. If he was over 60 kilos, he couldn't fight.