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Meaning of pull short | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To stop a horse in front of a person or establishment; to pull up.

dated, intransitive

Examples

“next thing I seen was he pulled short right in front of us”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

pull short up pull someone down a peg pull someone over the coals pull someone's bacon out of the fire pull someone's chain pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire