"Pull up short" Quotes from Famous Books
... on until a sudden glimpse of the sluiceway leading under the mill caused them to pull up short. They headed straight for shore, and as they scrambled out at the foot of the hill, and pushed through the bushes, intending to see what the chances were for a portage, they blundered into the two missing canoes ... — Canoe Boys and Campfires - Adventures on Winding Waters • William Murray Graydon |