не стать(делать чего-либо; в знач. "решить не делать" • I stopped short of telling him what I really felt about him.latimes.com • He said the attacks had targeted peace and democracy, but stopped short of blaming foreign powers. • In its second preliminary report on flight PS752, the CAOI identified the surface-to-air missiles fired at flight PS752 as coming from a Tor-M1 system, which Nato calls the SA-15 "Gauntlet". However, the report stopped short of blaming the missiles for the crash, saying "the impact of these missiles on the accident and the analysis of this action is under investigation". • President Obama on Friday condemned the missile attack that downed a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine as an "outrage of unspeakable proportions" but stopped short of blaming Russia directly for the tragedy.4uzhoj); не настолько, чтобы(вариант требует замены конструкции • the punishments are quite severe but they stop short of leaving you jobless – наказания достаточно суровые, но не настолько, чтобы ты лишился работыБаян); решить не(делать чего-либо)
to come to a stop before reaching a certain point(Thirteen people were injured in August 1957 when this Bristol freighter skidded on the runway at Southend Airport when landing with a flight from Calais. It ploughed through the boundary fence, but thankfully stopped short of the railway and the 1,500V overhead wires.wiktionary.org)
latimes.com • He said the attacks had targeted peace and democracy, but stopped short of blaming foreign powers. • In its second preliminary report on flight PS752, the CAOI identified the surface-to-air missiles fired at flight PS752 as coming from a Tor-M1 system, which Nato calls the SA-15 "Gauntlet". However, the report stopped short of blaming the missiles for the crash, saying "the impact of these missiles on the accident and the analysis of this action is under investigation". • President Obama on Friday condemned the missile attack that downed a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine as an "outrage of unspeakable proportions" but stopped short of blaming Russia directly for the tragedy. 4uzhoj); не настолько, чтобы (вариант требует замены конструкции • the punishments are quite severe but they stop short of leaving you jobless – наказания достаточно суровые, но не настолько, чтобы ты лишился работы Баян); решить не (делать чего-либо)