Idioms for stop
- to use every means available.
- to express, do, or carry out something without reservation.
pull out all the stops,
Origin of stop
before 1000; Middle English
stoppen (v.), Old English
-stoppian (in
forstoppian to stop up); cognate with Dutch, Low German
stoppen, German
stopfen; all ≪ Vulgar Latin
*stuppāre to plug with oakum, derivative of Latin
stuppa coarse hemp or flax < Greek
stýppē
SYNONYMS FOR stop
synonym study for stop
3.
Stop,
arrest,
check,
halt imply causing a cessation of movement or progress (literal or figurative).
Stop is the general term for the idea:
to stop a clock.
Arrest usually refers to stopping by imposing a sudden and complete restraint:
to arrest development.
Check implies bringing about an abrupt, partial, or temporary stop:
to check a trotting horse. To
halt means to make a temporary stop, especially one resulting from a command:
to halt a company of soldiers.
OTHER WORDS FROM stop
stop·less, adjective stop·less·ness, noun mul·ti·stop, adjectiveWords nearby stop
stoop ball,
stoop labor,
stoop to,
stoor,
stoozing,
stop,
stop and frisk,
stop at nothing,
stop bath,
stop bead,
stop by
Example sentences from the Web for stop
British Dictionary definitions for stop
stop
/ (stɒp) /
verb stops, stopping or stopped
noun
Derived forms of stop
stoppable, adjectiveWord Origin for stop
C14: from Old English
stoppian (unattested), as in
forstoppian to plug the ear, ultimately from Late Latin
stuppāre to stop with a tow, from Latin
stuppa tow, from Greek
stuppē
Idioms and Phrases with stop
stop