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stop short of something idiom C2 If you stop short of doing or saying something, you decide not to do or say it although you almost do: 差一点没(做或说);险些(做或说) I stopped short of telling him the brutal truth.我差一点把残酷的真相告诉他。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Abstaining and refraining abstain abstain from something abstainer abstemious abstemiously cut desist disengagement fast forbear forbearance give up play hard to getidiom pull pull back step step back stop touch truck
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