STOP SHORT OF STH / OF DOING STH


Meaning of STOP SHORT OF STH / OF DOING STH in English

to be unwilling to do sth because it may involve a risk, but to nearly do it :

She stopped short of calling the president a liar.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.