stop short

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stop short

to stop walking suddenly Lucy stopped short in amazement.

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I don't wish to raise false hopes or false fears; I wish to stop short at the opinion I have given already. No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context I shall stop short here, and say to him, 'You can't miss your way in the dark now--I will go back. Miss or Mrs.? by Collins, Wilkie View in context But, in England, enthusiasm does not stop short with mere words. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context			stone dead stone sober Stone the crows! stone's throw away stool stoop stoop down stoop over stoop to stoop to doing stop stop at stop at nothing stop behind stop by stop cold stop dead in tracks stop for stop from doing stop in tracks stop off stop on stop on a dime stop one dead in tracks stop over stop short stop short of stop short of a place stop short of doing stop the music stop the rot stop up stop, look, and listen storage store store away store in store up stork storm storm around storm at storm in storm is brewing storm out story stow away straddle the fence straight straight as an arrow straight dope			stop out Stop Out Price Stop Out Prices stop over stop over stop over stop over stop over stop over Stop OverSpending stop payment stop payment stop payment Stop Payment Order Stop Payment Order Stop plank Stop Planned Parenthood Stop plosive Stop Poisoning Our Community Stop Polluting Our Newport Stop Pornography and Abusive Marketing Act stop press Stop price Stop Prices Stop Primate Experiments at Cambridge Stop Prisoner Rape Stop Racist Human Skin Phobia Stop Red Light Running Stop Sale, Use, and Removal Order stop screw stop short stop short of stop short of a place stop short of doing Stop Sign Stop signal Stop Smoking Program Stop Smoking Service Stop State stop stone stop street Stop Studying Learn Cooking Stop Substance Abuse and Violence in Youth Stop Tail Turn Stop Taking Our Health Privacy Stop Talking and Read Stop Taxing Our Patrons Stop Teen Abusive Relationships Today Stop Teen Tobacco Organizing Project Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco Stop Teenage Pregnancy Stop Tesco's Oversized Plan Stop The Act Coalition Stop the Bleeding Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney

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