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PULL UP SHORT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stop abruptly

Example:

The police car pulled up short and then turned around fast

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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:

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