Usually means: Halt abruptly before intended point.
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  1. stop short: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stop short: Merriam-Webster
  3. stop short: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stop short: Wiktionary
  5. stop short: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. stop short: Legal dictionary
  2. stop short: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stop short: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stop short: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stop short: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (stop short)

verb:  To come to a sudden and unexpected stop, particularly while speaking or driving a vehicle.
verb:  (usually with of) To voluntarily cease an attempt to reach a certain point.
verb:  (with of) To come to a stop before reaching a certain point.

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