"stop" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Outside my door I stopped short and surveyed the scene.
- She always ran, and then she'd stop short in a room.
- Better to go another five miles than to stop too short.
- The man stopped short and again walked around to make eye contact.
- He started to turn back to the young people on the other side of his table, but stopped short and looked out the window again.
- At the sound of the shot he stopped short and ran off into the bush.
- When the child saw the woman in uniform, she stopped short and then turned as if to run off.
- He took long steps toward the door before stopping short.
- "I've seen a lot of guys who have been in my situation, and for some reason, their dream stops short."
- Twice I stopped short and turned to look along my back trail.
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