Pushed
Short of
Both terms in one sentence
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She turns very nasty when pushed, and one of her subordinates describes her as "nothing short of terrifying".
Source: Cute and Psycho
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Short of and Pushed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pushed/short_of
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