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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 abruptlyplay

  Familiarity information: PULL UP SHORT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PULL UP SHORT (verb)


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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