stop

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

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