bring up sharply

bring someone up sharply

and bring someone up short

to surprise or shock someone; to make someone face something unpleasant, suddenly. The slap in the face brought me up sharply. The loud bang brought me up short.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tegwen	-	Welsh
ÁNgela	AHN-khe-lah	Spanish
Sem	SEM (Dutch)	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Dutch
David	DAY-vid (English), dah-VEED (Jewish, Spanish), da-VEED (French), DAH-vit (German, Dutch), DAH-vid (Swedish, Norwegian), dah-VEET (Russian)	English, Hebrew, French, Scottish, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, C
ŽIga	-	Slovene
Monty	MAHN-tee	English