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Exact Match:

pull up short: stop abruptly; "The police car pulled up short and then turned around fast"

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Related Words:

pull up collapse

fetch up collapse

blow the whistle collapse

lose ground collapse

astonish collapse

bushwhack collapse: cut one's way through the woods or bush; live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla

impecunious collapse

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

draw up collapse: come to a halt after driving somewhere; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"; cause (a vehicle) to stop; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"; straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"; form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers

out of pocket collapse

bring to collapse: return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"

push down collapse

spitting distance collapse

hard up collapse: not having enough money to pay for necessities

badly off collapse

abbreviated collapse: (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"; cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"

shortened collapse

pruned collapse

abridged collapse: (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

clipped collapse: (of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped upper-class accent"; cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle"

flashing collapse: sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing; emitting light in sudden short or intermittent bursts; "flashing lightning and roaring thunder"

squeezed collapse

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

disconnect collapse: make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

unprosperous collapse

deadlock collapse: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

hang fire collapse

reap collapse: gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"; get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

checkmate collapse: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king; complete victory; place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

magnetize collapse: make magnetic; "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings"; attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"

docked collapse: that in a dock; "a docked ship"

earshot collapse: the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot"

fall short collapse: fail to meet (expectations or standards)

ambush collapse: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise; wait in hiding to attack

short story collapse: a prose narrative shorter than a novel

retrench collapse: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

ill-off collapse

rip out collapse: burst out with a violent or profane utterance; "ripped out a vicious oath"; "ripped out with an oath"

hairbreadth collapse

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