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Stop
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Stop meaning
To cease moving. | Not to continue. | To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
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Example sentences (20)
But maybe you need to be less, not more, virtuous: stop mucking about, stop laughing, stop being nice, start getting serious.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he will deliver growth with his 'back to work' Budget by "removing obstacles that stop businesses investing, tackling labour shortages that stop them recruiting, and by breaking down barriers that stop people working".
Motorists must stop and wait until the red lights stop flashing, the extended stop-arm is withdrawn, and the bus begins moving before they can proceed.
The “3-2-1 rule,” which instructs folks to stop drinking three hours before bed, stop eating two hours before bed and stop drinking fluids of any kind one hour before bed.
We have to one, grow our economy, so that people have more money in their pockets…And then we need to make sure that we really stop paying down this debt, make sure that we stop the borrowing, stop the spending.
At the second stop, 8 people get on, at the third stop 2 people get off and, at the forth stop everyone got off.
But the important thing is to stop the conflict right now, stop the bombs falling, stop the people dying, get back to the negotiating table.
President Ramaphosa must stop delaying, stop with all the commissions of enquiry, stop the reports and take action for once.
Stop obeying, stop paying the extortion called tax, stop voting, ignore the state, and starve it to death.
Stop the hate stop the racism stop the ignorance, get a job and be a man.
Mthembu said: “… but I think that is in the past now, I think all of us as a country is now facing up to the reality that we must stop violence against women, we must stop the killing of women, we must stop the killing of our girls.
On Tuesday afternoon, four drivers were charged with failing to stop at a stop sign, police say, when officers conducted stop sign enforcement at 1st Line EHS and French Drive.
Complementation * The verbs prevent and stop can be found in two different constructions: "prevent/stop someone from doing something" and "prevent/stop someone doing something".
Diagram of decreasing aperture sizes (increasing f-numbers ) for "full stop" increments (factor of two aperture area per stop) A device called a diaphragm usually serves as the aperture stop, and controls the aperture.
If the system be entirely behind the aperture stop, then this is itself the entrance pupil (front stop); if entirely in front, it is the exit pupil (back stop).
Variations of stop motion Stereoscopic stop motion Stop motion has very rarely been shot in stereoscopic 3D throughout film history.
According to Singanyama, on the material day, Piloti wanted to escape an arrest and police fired warning shots in order to make him stop but he did not stop a development that prompted the law enforcers to shoot him.
Adelaja wrote an article titled ‘Stop condemning Nigeria, we are doing better than most countries,”, in which he argued that Nigeria is doing fine and people should stop complaining so much.
Aerial photos show it would have had to first obey a stop sign before entering the westbound lanes, then stop at a concrete median and obey a yield sign before proceeding into the eastbound lanes.
A few minutes later in Wentzville, police used spike strips to stop the truck, which went through a grass median and came to a stop, police said.