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idiombring sb up shortto surprise or confuse someone, so that they stop what they are saying or doing in order to think for a moment:The question brought Petra up short, but after a moment she replied, "Even if I knew the answer to that, I wouldn't tell you."A translator is often brought up short by very simple words and expressions that have no exact equivalent in another language. —compare pull/bring sb up short
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