| 单词 | to pull up short |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pull up short c. intransitive. Of a person: to check or stop oneself in a course of action. Now esp. in to pull up short. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > stop short in some activity > as if checked to take check1663 to hold hard1761 to pull up1808 1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 42 He pulled up now, surely?—No—played upon tick. 1878 H. James Watch & Ward vii. 144 To win his suit he comes near to going over to Rome; but he pulls up short and determines the mountain shall come to Mahomet. 1883 R. Churchill Speech Edinb. 20 Dec. in Speeches 1880–1888 (1889) I. 90 It is time, and high time, to pull up. Concede nothing more to Mr. Parnell. 1923 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 27 June 5/1 Sometimes, a waster and a spender pulls up short and becomes a worker. 1998 D. Shemek Ladies Errant 11 He turns his argument this way and that, races headlong into passionate praise or tirade, then pulls up short. < as lemmas |
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