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What is another word for stopping short?

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Verb
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Present participle for to be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
baulkingUK
balkingUS
eschewing
desisting
disdaining
jibbing
resisting
scorning
shrinking from
refusing
demurring from
quailing at
refusing to
shying away
drawing back from
jibbing at
reining in
scrupling to
shying from
turning down
hating to
taking exception to
drawing the line at
Verb
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Present participle for to stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse)
jibbing
refusing
baulkingUK
balkingUS
recoiling
retreating
shying
stopping at
baulking at
stopping short at
pulling up
retreating from
Verb
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Present participle for to discontinue or bring a halt to something
freezing
stopping
halting
suspending
discontinuing
ending
terminating
finishing
aborting
shelving
curtailing
breaking off
bringing to an end
cutting short
putting a stop to
calling a halt
stopping dead
quitting
interrupting
checking
postponing
stopping cold
bringing to a premature end
breaking short
leaving unfinished
stopping in full flow
bringing to an untimely end
ceasing
dropping
laying off
breaking up
cutting off
leaving off
putting an end to
axing
knocking off
packing in
concluding
cancelingUS
cancellingUK
breaking
packing up
pulling the plug on
desisting from
cutting out
winding up
shutting off
closing
dissolving
completing
expiring
desisting
annulling
bringing to a close
giving over
abolishing
arresting
giving up
bringing to a halt
calling a halt to
closing out
abandoning
elapsing
scrubbing
lapsing
scratching
determining
belaying
letting up
calling it a day
blocking
putting the kibosh on
winding down
nipping in the bud
rounding out
wrapping up
rounding off
dead-ending
calling it quits
scrapping
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Verb
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Present participle for to stop operating or functioning
stalling
failing
crashing
breaking
dying
jamming
breaking down
seizing up
stopping dead
conking out
giving out
cutting out
Verb
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Present participle for to reduce in extent, duration or quantity
abbreviating
shortening
truncating
curtailing
reducing
cutting
trimming
contracting
docking
clipping
cropping
compressing
eliding
pruning
shrinking
syncopating
telescoping
restricting
condensing
constricting
paring
cutting down
cutting short
boiling down
cutting back
paring down
cutting off
cutting out
taking out
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