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stop something in its tracks — to prevent something from continuing Protests have stopped construction in its tracks … English dictionary
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 — stop1 [ stap ] verb *** ▸ 1 prevent something ▸ 2 no longer do something ▸ 3 no longer move ▸ 4 (make) work no longer ▸ 5 stay at someone s house ▸ 6 block pipe/hole etc. ▸ 1 no longer do something ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to prevent someone… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stop — I UK [stɒp] / US [stɑp] verb Word forms stop : present tense I/you/we/they stop he/she/it stops present participle stopping past tense stopped past participle stopped *** Get it right: stop: When you want to say that someone is no longer doing… … English dictionary
Something/Anything? — Studio album by Todd Rundgren Released February 1972 … Wikipedia
Stop the Clocks (song) — Infobox Song Name = Stop The Clocks Caption = Artist = Oasis Released = Unreleased Recorded = 2004 Genre = Psychedelic rock Length = Writer = Noel Gallagher Producer = Stop the Clocks is a song by Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher and was… … Wikipedia
Something's Going On — Infobox Album | Name = Something s Going On Type = studio Artist = Frida Released = September, 1982 Recorded = February March 1982 Genre = Pop Length = 43:42 Label = Polar Music Epic (original UK/Éire/Israel release) Atlantic (Original United… … Wikipedia
stop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. close; obstruct; stanch; arrest, halt, impede; inhibit; delay, hold up, detain; discontinue, suspend; end, terminate, conclude; cease, desist. Ant., go, continue, encourage. n. halt, standstill,… … English dictionary for students
track — track1 [ træk ] noun *** ▸ 1 rough path/road ▸ 2 what train moves along ▸ 3 running/racing course ▸ 4 part on which something moves ▸ 5 direction or way ▸ 6 mark ▸ 7 recorded piece of music ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a path or road with a rough… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
