• to feel one's legs, to find one's legs
• to be at one's wits end
• to take one's stand near sg
• to take one's stand near sg
• to bring up, to pull up short, to stop dead, to stop in one's tracks, to stop short
• break in a journey, cease, check, halt, let-up, pause, stand, standstill, stoppage
• to arrest, to bring to, to bring up, to hold up, to pull up, to rein in, to rein up, to stay
• to clap sy by the heels, to cut sy short, to lay sy by the heels
• express, without intermission
• to hold one's own, to stand the proof
• to come through, to pull through, to stand one's ground