دیکشنری آنلاین تحلیلگران ( معنی فارسی stop short of doing )

stop short of doing

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English Dictionary

stop short of doing something
to almost do something but then decide not to do it

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

Idioms

stop short of doing something ^[1]
stop short of doing something ^[2]

stop short of doing something
stop short of (doing something)
1.
to decide not to do something.

I stopped short of telling him what I really felt about him.

2.
to almost do something, or partly do something without completing it.

The punishments are quite severe but they stop short of losing your job.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms stop well short of or stop just short of:

The government is stopping just short of threatening to go to war.

stop short of (something/doing something)
to decide not to do something.

I stopped short of telling him what I really felt about him.

stop short of (something/doing something)
to decide not to do something.

I stopped short of telling him what I really felt about him.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

stop short of doing something
to not go as far as doing something

We stopped short of asking the secretary to leave although she continued to make mistakes with her work.

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