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• stop short — To come to a sudden standstill • • • Main Entry: ↑short * * * stop suddenly or abruptly * * * ˌstop ˈshort | ˌstop sb ˈshort idiom to suddenly stop, or make sb suddenly stop, doing sth • He stopped short when he heard his name. • …   Useful english dictionary

• stop dead — Ⅰ. ► stop dead (or short) suddenly cease moving, speaking, or acting. Main Entry: ↑stop Ⅱ. ► stop short stop suddenly or abruptly. Main Entry: ↑short …   English terms dictionary

• stop short — Ⅰ. ► stop dead (or short) suddenly cease moving, speaking, or acting. Main Entry: ↑stop Ⅱ. ► stop short stop suddenly or abruptly. Main Entry: ↑short …   English terms dictionary

• stop short — stop suddenly or abruptly. → short …   English new terms dictionary

• stop — v. & n. v. (stopped, stopping) 1 tr. a put an end to (motion etc.); completely check the progress or motion or operation of. b effectively hinder or prevent (stopped them playing so loudly). c discontinue (an action or sequence of actions)… …   Useful english dictionary

• stop — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 stopping or staying ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ brief, short ▪ overnight ▪ abrupt, sharp, sudden …   Collocations dictionary

• abruptly — adv. Abruptly is used with these verbs: ↑abandon, ↑awake, ↑awaken, ↑break, ↑cease, ↑curtail, ↑cut, ↑disappear, ↑drop, ↑end, ↑halt, ↑interrupt, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• geneva stop — noun Usage: usually capitalized G 1. : a device used in watches with going barrels that limits the power of the mainspring to its middle portion so that the action starts with the same even force as when it abruptly stops rather than gradually… …   Useful english dictionary

• Ojamajo Doremi discography — This is a list of the dozens of Ojamajo Doremi CD releases in Japan. Contents 1 Ojamajo Doremi 1.1 Ojamajo Carnival!! 1.2 Ojamajo CD Club Vol. 1: Ojamajo Vocal Collection 1.3 …   Wikipedia

• break — breakable, adj. breakableness, n. breakably, adv. breakless, adj. /brayk/, v., broke or (Archaic) brake; broken or (Archaic) broke; breaking; n. v.t …   Universalium

• cut — or short cut [kut] vt. cut, cutting [ME cutten, kytten < Late OE * cyttan < Scand base seen in Swed dial., Ice kuta, to cut with a knife: the word replaced OE ceorfan (see CARVE), snithan, scieran (see SHEAR) as used in its basic senses] I… …   English World dictionary