Usually means: Stop suddenly before intended point.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. pull up short: Merriam-Webster
  2. pull up short: Vocabulary.com
  3. pull up short: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. pull up short: Dictionary.com
  5. pull up short: Rhymezone
  6. pull up short: FreeDictionary.org
  7. pull up short: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. pull up short: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. pull up short: Wiktionary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pull up short: Legal dictionary
  2. pull up short: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pull up short: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pull up short: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (pull up short)

verb:  (intransitive, psychology) To be overwhelmed or dumbfounded by events.

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