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stop short of

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stop short of something/doing something
to decide not to do something. I stopped short of telling him what I really felt about him.
See also: short, stop


stop short of doing something
1. to decide not to do something. I stopped short of telling him what I really felt about him.
2. to almost do something, or partly do something without completing it. The punishments are quite severe but they stop short of losing your job.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms stop well short of or stop just short of: The government is stopping just short of threatening to go to war.
See also: short, stop


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Then I left it, not because I did not mean to go farther, or indeed stop short of reading all Greek literature, but because that friend of mine and I talked it over and decided that I could go on with Greek any time, but I had better for the present study German, with the help of a German who had come to the village.
But, his sensations in this regard halt as to their strict morality, as he halts in his gait; for, they suggest the delights of a coat of invisibility in which to walk off safely with the precious stones and watch-cases, but stop short of any compunction for the people who would lose the same.
If I catch him,' said Squeers, 'I'll only stop short of flaying him alive.
 
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