"take someone up short" meaning in All languages combined

See take someone up short on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: takes someone up short [present, singular, third-person], taking someone up short [participle, present], took someone up short [past], taken someone up short [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> someone up short}} take someone up short (third-person singular simple present takes someone up short, present participle taking someone up short, simple past took someone up short, past participle taken someone up short)
  1. (dated) To check someone or give them a curt answer. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-take_someone_up_short-en-verb-bfhHQf1g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
     
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