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PULL UP SHORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pull up short mean?
• PULL UP SHORT (verb)
The verb PULL UP SHORT has 1 sense:
1. stop abruptly
Familiarity information: PULL UP SHORT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stop abruptly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The police car pulled up short and then turned around fast
Hypernyms (to "pull up short" is one way to...):
halt; stop (come to a halt, stop moving)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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