Collocations for "stopped"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stopped" in context.
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stop
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- stop [suddenly, without warning]
- stop and [look, take, ask, stare]
- keeps stopping and starting
- stop [smoking, drinking, gambling]
- stopped paying attention
- stop [saying that, lying to me]!
- it stopped [raining, snowing]
- the [rain] has stopped
- the [bus, train, taxi] stopped
- stop to [think, consider]
- [have, need] to stop (soon)
- stop in again
- stop for [gas, groceries]
- will stop at nothing to [win, complete, improve]
- stop at the store for [groceries, food, supplies]
- stop at the [light, stop sign, intersection]
- stop for directions
- stop in for [dinner, a chat]
- had to stop over in [Dubai]
- stop on a dime
- stop the [bus]
- stop this [madness, craziness]
- stop the [robber, murderer, criminal]
- stop it from happening
- stopped him [going, making, telling]
- stop them before it's too late
- stop that right [now, this minute]!
- to stop the [gap, leak, bottle]
- stop up the [sink, hole, leak]
- the [first, second, next, last] stop
- a [bus, train, tram, subway, underground] stop
- came a [sudden, complete, total] stop
- a [brief, short, 12-hour] stop (in)
- a [refueling, rest, pit] stop
- a [door, bottle, faucet, shelf] stop
- a [metal, rubber, wooden] stop
- am getting off at the next stop
- the [car, bike, vehicle] came to a stop
- [production, work, business] came to a stop
- put a stop to [violence, fraud, lateness]
- put a stop on a [draft, check, payment]
- the [driver, racer] made [two] pit stops
- the team decided on a [two, three] -stop strategy
- the goalkeeper made [10, 15, vital] stops
- the [campaigner, singer, host] pulled out all the stops
- UK: a full stop (at the end)
- a stop sign
- a one-stop [place, store, shop]
'stopped' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
advance
- altogether
- awesome
- barrier
- base
- beat
- beating
- best
- blade
- briefly
- chat
- control
- crossing
- cushion
- custom
- decline
- difference
- direction
- dishwasher
- drunk
- dryer
- economic
- engine
- eventually
- expand
- finally
- firmly
- function
- furnace
- getaway
- halfway
- heart
- hiccup
- internet
- jar
- jolt
- machine
- marvel
- mining
- notebook
- overload
- override
- patrol
- play
- publish
- rain
- rant
- rave
- record
- refrigerator