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
Coleman	-	English, Irish
Letizia	le-TEE-tsyah	Italian
Iikka	EE:K-kah	Finnish
GerÓNimo	-	Spanish
Dominicus	do-MEE-nee-kus (Dutch)	Late Roman, Dutch
Scevola	-	Italian