stop short of doing

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stop short of doing something

not to go as far as doing something. Fortunately Bob stopped short of hitting Tom. The boss criticized Jane's work but stopped short of firing her. Jack was furious but stopped short of hitting Tom.

See also: doing, short, stop

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Some would argue that it is possible to cross boundaries and have physical interactions that are never intended to exploit the patient and in fact stop short of doing so. Physical contact with patients by Fink, Paul J. / Clinical Psychiatry News I can see why people in town tire of being told what to do by people who stop short of doing it themselves. No longer stingy with the bandages by Drake, Barbara Mantz / The Masthead			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 straight face straight from the shoulder straight low			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 stop short stop short stop short 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 Stop the Madrassa Coalition Stop The Music Stop the Neocon Death Machine

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