stop short of doing

Significado

1. stop short of sth / of doing sth

   to be unwilling to do sth because it may involve a risk, but to nearly do it

   She stopped short of calling the president a liar.

De la misma entrada

• stop at nothing
• stop the clock
• stop short
• 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