stop cold

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Verb[edit]

stop cold (third-person singular simple present stops cold, present participle stopping cold, simple past and past participle stopped cold)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To halt suddenly and completely.
    Synonym: stop on a dime
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