stop short

Meaning

1. to suddenly stop, or make sb suddenly stop, doing sth

   He stopped short when he heard his name.

In the movies · 4

• Pull up fast. Stop short.Three Kings1999
• The Mariners' short stop, number four, Armando Personi!The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988
• Let the guy have a short stop or a point guard, will ya?Mighty Aphrodite1995
• And if we stop short now, never in our lifetime will we see that energy again, ever!The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006

Learn it in full scenes

• Mighty Aphrodite1995
  • Lenny and Amanda Debate a Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda Name the Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda's Hamptons Fight

From the same entry

• stop at nothing
• stop the clock
• stop short of doing
• stop in their tracks
• stop by
• stop in
• stop off
• stop out
• stop over
• stop up
• come to a full stop
• pull out all the stops