stop+short
11stop short of doing something — stop short of (something/doing something) to decide not to do something. I stopped short of telling him what I really felt about him …
12stop short — stop suddenly or abruptly. → short …
13stop short — to stop suddenly. She ran toward him but stopped short when she saw the gun. Related vocabulary: stop dead in your tracks …
14stop short — {v. phr.} To suddenly stop. * /Jake stopped short when he heard somebody yell out his name loud but there was no one in sight./ …
15stop short — {v. phr.} To suddenly stop. * /Jake stopped short when he heard somebody yell out his name loud but there was no one in sight./ …
16stop\ short — v. phr. To suddenly stop. Jake stopped short when he heard somebody yell out his name loud but there was no one in sight …
17stop short — to suddenly stop what you are doing or saying I started to explain but stopped short when I realized Adam was in the room …
18stop short — verb a) To come to a sudden and unexpected stop, particularly while speaking or driving a vehicle. b) Usually with of, to voluntarily cease an attempt to reach a certain point …
19stop short of — not go as far as (some extreme action) the measures stopped short of establishing direct trade links …
20stop short — cease not far from the end …