(transitive, figuratively) to stop someone in their tracks, to bring someone up short

within the scope of, within the framework of, as part of

similarly, in the same vein, along the same lines, of the same kind

otherwise, if not

(intransitive, informal, figuratively) to go off track, to come off the road

to recoup one's original investment, to recover outlay

to be shaking in one's boots; to be very afraid

inasmuch as, insofar as, given that

(takes a reflexive pronoun) to vanish, disappear without a trace, usually to hide or flee something

(vulgar) to shit oneself (to be very afraid)