to take check: to stop short (as if checked), ‘pull up’; to take offence. Obsolete.
单词 | θ85920 |
释义 | the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > stop short in some activity > as if checked (3) to take check1663 to take check: to stop short (as if checked), ‘pull up’; to take offence. Obsolete. to hold hard1761 intransitive (originally a sporting phrase): To pull hard at the reins in order to stop the horse; hence gen. to ‘pull up’, halt, stop. Usually in… to pull up1808 intransitive. Of a person: to check or stop oneself in a course of action. Now esp. in to pull up short. |
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