stop short in English

cease not far from the end

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1. 10 These were understood to stop short of deployment of major ground forces.

2. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse Balked at the jump.

3. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse Balked at the jump

4. Backspin definition, reverse rotation of a ball causing it to bounce or roll backward or stop short

5. What does Baulk mean? The definition of Baulk, the British version of the world balk, means to stop short of or avoid on purpose

6. 28 A formal dictionary will only take you so far—and will usually stop short when you need the definition of a catchphrase, buzzword, idiom, slang word, or acronym.

7. Most modern senses are figurative, from the notion of a Balk in the fields as a hindrance or obstruction: sense of "stop short in one's course" (as a horse confronted with an obstacle) is late 15c.; that of "to refuse" is 1580s.

8. He would Abruptly commence to hold forth about the Epanchins, about Lebedeff, or the prince, and equally Abruptly would stop short and refuse to speak another word, answering all further questions with a stupid smile, unconscious that he was smiling, or that he had been asked a question.

9. Bulk means (1) size, mass, or volume, (2) a large mass or matter, (3) the major portion, (4) to cause to swell or expand, and (5) being in large mass or quantity.The less common Balk, usually a verb, means primarily to stop short and refuse to go on.It’s usually followed by the preposition at, though several other prepositions work