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• stop (dead) in (your) tracks — to suddenly stop moving or doing something. When I heard the loud scream, I stopped dead in my tracks. Usage notes: often used in the forms stop someone (dead) in their tracks or stop something (dead) in its tracks: The memo was supposed to stop… …   New idioms dictionary

• stop you in your tracks — stop (you) in your tracks phrase to stop moving in a sudden way, or to make you stop moving The look on her face stopped me in my tracks. Thesaurus: to stop movingsynonym Main entry: stop …   Useful english dictionary

• stop dead in your tracks — stop (dead) in your tracks phrase to suddenly stop, for example because you are surprised I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw who she had with her. Thesaurus: to stop movingsynonym Main entry: track …   Useful english dictionary

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• stop you in your tracks — cause you to stop, prevent you from going further    You know what will stop you dead in your tracks? A bear, that s what …   English idioms

• halt in your tracks — stop/halt sb in their ˈtracks | stop/halt/freeze in your ˈtracks idiom to suddenly make sb stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because sth has frightened or surprised you • The question stopped Alice in her tracks. Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• freeze in your tracks — stop/halt sb in their ˈtracks | stop/halt/freeze in your ˈtracks idiom to suddenly make sb stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because sth has frightened or surprised you • The question stopped Alice in her tracks. Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• in your tracks — ◇ If you stop or are stopped in your tracks, you stop doing something suddenly or immediately. He stopped/froze in his tracks, turned, and came back. Her comment stopped me (dead) in my tracks. [=it surprised me very much; it caused me to stop a …   Useful english dictionary

• stop — 1 verb stopped, stopping 1 NOT MOVE OR CONTINUE (I, T) to no longer move or continue to do something, or to make someone or something do this: Stop, thief! | stop sth: Apply pressure to stop the bleeding. | You ll have to stop the generator, it s …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stop somebody in their tracks — stop/halt sb in their ˈtracks | stop/halt/freeze in your ˈtracks idiom to suddenly make sb stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because sth has frightened or surprised you • The question stopped Alice in her tracks. Main entry …   Useful english dictionary