bring up short

bring somebody up short

to cause someone to suddenly stop what they are doing A sharp stab of pain in my right knee brought me up short.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Madhukar	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Eilert	AY-lert (Swedish)	Frisian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Bonnie	['bɔni]
Katalin	KAWT-aw-leen (Hungarian)	Hungarian, Basque
HİKmet	-	Turkish
Jokin	-	Basque