stop short

stop short
stop short
To come to a sudden standstill
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Main Entry:short

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stop suddenly or abruptly

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ˌstop ˈshort | ˌstop sb ˈshort idiom
to suddenly stop, or make sb suddenly stop, doing sth

He stopped short when he heard his name.

‘I'm pregnant,’ she said. That stopped him short.

Main entry:stopidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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