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bring up short

VERB

floor

Synonyms

STRONG

baffle beat bewilder conquer defeat discomfit disconcert down drop dumbfound fell flatten ground level nonplus overthrow prostrate puzzle stump throw

WEAK

bowl over bring down knock down lay low

Antonyms

STRONG

clarify clear up encourage enlighten explain explicate

VERB

stump

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baffle confound dumbfound mystify perplex puzzle

STRONG

foil nonplus outwit stagger stick stop stymie

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clarify clear up enlighten explain explicate

STRONG

aid assist encourage help

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That colt of Captain Bowen’s is likely to take it into her head to bring up short at any minute.

From Far Past the Frontier by Fry, W. H.

But when the main body came up, and the whole stream was full of drifting logs, some clumsy tree trunk going down broadside first would bring up short against the rock.

From The Young Woodsman Life in the Forests of Canada by Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald)

bring up short

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