stop

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noun

1 stopping or staying

ADJECTIVE

▪ long

▪ brief, short

▪ overnight

▪ abrupt, sharp, sudden

▪ emergency

▪ scheduled, unscheduled

▪ bathroom (esp. AmE), toilet (BrE)

▪ fuel, lunch, refuelling/refueling, rest, etc.

▪ pit

▪

The cars made two pit stops during the race.

▪

We made a pit stop to buy a bottle of water. (AmE, figurative)

▪ campaign (AmE)

▪

Cheney is making a campaign stop in Lubbock, Texas.

▪ traffic (AmE)

▪

The police found the drugs during a routine traffic stop.

VERB + STOP

▪ have, make

▪

We had a lunch stop at Timperley.

STOP + NOUN

▪ light, sign

PREPOSITION

▪ stop at

▪

There will be a stop at Aboyne.

▪ stop for

▪

a stop for refreshments

PHRASES

▪ bring sth to a stop

▪

She brought the car to an abrupt stop.

▪ come, draw, pull, slow, etc. to a stop

▪

The truck came to a sudden stop.

▪

At lunchtime everything comes to a complete stop.

▪

The cab pulled to a stop.

▪ put a stop to sth

▪

to put a stop to all the arguments

2 for a bus, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ bus, subway (AmE), tram, tube (BrE)

▪ request (BrE)

▪

My nearest bus stop has been downgraded to a request stop.

VERB + STOP

▪ get off at

▪ miss

▪

We were chatting and missed our stop.

▪ reach

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the stop

▪

We dropped the kids off at the bus stop.

▪ between stops

▪

You're not allowed to get off between stops.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ abruptly, dead, immediately, in sb's tracks, short, suddenly

▪

Suddenly he stopped dead: what was he doing?

▪

The question stopped Alice dead in her tracks.

▪ altogether, completely

▪

The sobs came less frequently, then stopped altogether.

▪ for a moment, momentarily, temporarily

▪ never

▪

That phone never stops ringing!

VERB + STOP

▪ can

▪

He couldn't stop thinking about her.

▪ try to

▪ be going to

▪

When is the violence going to stop?

▪ want (sb/sth) to

▪

I was enjoying myself so much I didn't want to stop.

▪ have to, must, need to

▪

We need to stop making excuses.

▪

He's dangerous and needs to be stopped.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪

They tried to stop me from leaving.

PHRASES

▪ know how to stop, know when to stop

▪

He never knows when to stop.

Stop is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bombardment, ↑bus, ↑cab, ↑car, ↑clock, ↑conversation, ↑elevator, ↑engine, ↑fighting, ↑footstep, ↑heart, ↑pain, ↑period, ↑policeman, ↑rain, ↑referee, ↑spasm, ↑traffic, ↑train, ↑tram, ↑watch

Stop is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abuse, ↑activity, ↑advance, ↑attack, ↑ball, ↑bleeding, ↑bloodshed, ↑bombardment, ↑car, ↑cassette, ↑charade, ↑cheque, ↑clock, ↑closure, ↑corruption, ↑crime, ↑cycle, ↑decay, ↑decline, ↑destruction, ↑deterioration, ↑discrimination, ↑drinking, ↑ear, ↑execution, ↑expansion, ↑export, ↑fight, ↑fighting, ↑flow, ↑funding, ↑haemorrhage, ↑immigration, ↑import, ↑industrial action, ↑infiltration, ↑injustice, ↑insanity, ↑killer, ↑killing, ↑leak, ↑machine, ↑march, ↑medication, ↑misuse, ↑movement, ↑nonsense, ↑onslaught, ↑pain, ↑payment, ↑play, ↑practice, ↑proceedings, ↑production, ↑progress, ↑publication, ↑reaction, ↑riot, ↑sale, ↑shipment, ↑slaughter, ↑slide, ↑smoking, ↑spiral, ↑spread, ↑suffering, ↑supply, ↑tape, ↑tear, ↑terror, ↑terrorism, ↑traffic, ↑train, ↑trial, ↑vandal, ↑vandalism, ↑violence, ↑wedding, ↑work