单词 | to stop short of |
释义 | > as lemmasto stop short of d. to stop short of: not to go the length of (some extreme action). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > stop short of (some action) to make bar ofc1590 to stop short of1817 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. xii. 278 I had but just stopped short of insulting the beautiful..being by whom it was proffered. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vii. 58 But stop short of any compunction for the people who would lose the same. < as lemmas |
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