Thesaurus / stop
FEEDBACKHow to use stop in a sentence
Now I have a plausible explanation for how I feel, putting a stop to some of the second-guessing going on in my head.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PERIOD TRACKINGCHRISTINE YUSEPTEMBER 6, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEIt seems like he’s going to continue to do this until someone puts a stop to it.
“PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE”: HOW LOVE FRAUD BUILDS AN ABSORBING DOCUSERIES AROUND A ROMANTIC CON MANALISSA WILKINSONSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOXThat promise was enough to quell a few lawsuits filed by California groups against the federal government for failing to put a stop to the sewage-filled stormwater rolling from Mexico’s hills.
MORNING REPORT: WHY COVID-19 HAS HIT LATINOS SO HARDVOICE OF SAN DIEGOAUGUST 13, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThe agency issued a stop sale, use or removal order, which is supposed to prevent the company from selling its product.
ENVIRONMENT REPORT: ONE WAY TO FORCE COMPANIES TO EMIT LESS CARBONMACKENZIE ELMERAUGUST 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThe chair of the Uptown Community Parking District board proposed using the funds for cleaning bus stops, but the city said no.
MORNING REPORT: 3 BODY CAMERAS, NO FOOTAGEVOICE OF SAN DIEGOJULY 22, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThey’re not categorically opposed to the stops of suppliers along their Southern California routes.
BUSINESSES SAY BORDER PATROL IS SEIZING LEGAL CANNABIS BETWEEN SAN DIEGO, IMPERIALJESSE MARX AND MAYA SRIKRISHNANJUNE 29, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThe next stop for the audit will be the district attorney’s desk, reports VOSD’s Will Huntsberry.
MORNING REPORT: REPORT FINDS EVIDENCE OF FRAUD IN SWEETWATER BUDGET MESSVOICE OF SAN DIEGOJUNE 23, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAnother officer in the Taylor case, Myles Cosgrove, was sued for excessive force in 2006 by a man whom he shot seven times in the course of a routine traffic stop.
POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE OFTEN HAVE A HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS BY CITIZENSLGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 1, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLAt twelve, or fifteen, or sixteen, or twenty it was decided that they should stop learning.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSWORDS RELATED TO STOP
- accomplish
- achieve
- bag it
- break up
- bring to a close
- carry through
- cease
- clinch
- close
- come
- complete
- conclude
- crown
- culminate
- deal with
- determine
- discharge
- do
- effect
- end
- execute
- finalize
- fold
- fulfill
- get out of the way
- halt
- hang it up
- have done with
- make
- make short work of
- mop up
- perfect
- play out
- put finishing touches on
- round off
- round up
- scratch
- scrub
- settle
- sew up
- shut down
- shutter
- stop
- terminate
- top off
- ultimate
- wind up
- wrap
- wrap up
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- bollix
- buffalo
- check
- checkmate
- counter
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- curb
- dash
- defeat
- disappoint
- disconcert
- ditch
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- faze
- foul up
- frustrate
- get around
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- hang up
- hinder
- juke
- nullify
- outwit
- prevent
- rattle
- restrain
- run circles around
- run rings around
- shake
- shake off
- shuffle off
- skip
- stop
- stymie
- throw monkey wrench in
- thwart
- upset the apple cart
- baffles
- balks
- beats
- bilks
- bollixes
- buffalos
- checkmates
- checks
- counters
- crabs
- cramps
- crimps
- curbs
- dashes
- defeats
- disappoints
- disconcerts
- ditches
- dodges
- ducks
- eludes
- fazes
- foul up
- frustrates
- gets around
- gives the slip
- hangs up
- hinders
- jukes
- nullifies
- outwits
- prevents
- rattles
- restrains
- runs circles around
- runs rings around
- shakes
- shakes off
- shuffles off
- skips
- stops
- stymies
- throws monkey wrench in
- thwarts
- upsets the apple cart
- banned
- blocked
- canceled
- censored
- checked
- debarred
- declared illegal
- denied
- deprived
- disallowed
- embargoed
- enjoined
- excluded
- forestalled
- forfended
- froze
- halted
- held up
- hindered
- impeded
- inhibited
- interdicted
- locked up
- nixed
- obstructed
- obviated
- opposed
- precluded
- prevented
- proscribed
- put the chill on
- restrained
- restricted
- ruled out
- said no
- shut down
- shut out
- spiked
- stopped
- stymied
- tabooed
- vetoed
- withheld
- ban
- block
- cancel
- censor
- check
- debar
- declare illegal
- deny
- deprive
- disallow
- embargo
- enjoin
- exclude
- forestall
- forfend
- freeze
- halt
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interdict
- lock up
- nix
- obstruct
- obviate
- oppose
- preclude
- prevent
- proscribe
- put the chill on
- restrain
- restrict
- rule out
- say no
- shut down
- shut out
- spike
- stop
- stymie
- taboo
- veto
- withhold
- bans
- blocks
- cancels
- censors
- checks
- debars
- declares illegal
- denies
- deprives
- disallows
- embargoes
- enjoins
- excludes
- forestalls
- forfends
- freezes
- halts
- hinders
- holds up
- impedes
- inhibits
- interdicts
- locks up
- nixes
- obstructs
- obviates
- opposes
- precludes
- prevents
- proscribes
- puts the chill on
- restrains
- restricts
- rules out
- says no
- shuts down
- shuts out
- spikes
- stops
- stymies
- taboos
- vetoes
- withholds
- abandoned
- back down
- bailed out
- bowed out
- buckled under
- capitulated
- caved in
- ceased
- ceded
- chickened out
- collapsed
- complied
- conceded
- cried uncle
- cut out
- desisted
- despaired
- dropped
- dropped like a hot potato
- folded
- forswore
- handed over
- left off
- pulled out
- quit
- relinquished
- resigned
- stopped
- submitted
- surrendered
- threw in the towel
- took the oath
- waived
- walked out on
- washed one's hands of
- yielded
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