- stop you in your tracks
- cause you to stop, prevent you from going further
You know what will stop you dead in your tracks? A bear, that's what.
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stop you in your tracks
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stop you in your tracks — stop (you) in your tracks phrase to stop moving in a sudden way, or to make you stop moving The look on her face stopped me in my tracks. Thesaurus: to stop movingsynonym Main entry: stop … Useful english dictionary
stop dead in your tracks — stop (dead) in your tracks phrase to suddenly stop, for example because you are surprised I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw who she had with her. Thesaurus: to stop movingsynonym Main entry: track … Useful english dictionary
stop somebody in their tracks — stop/halt sb in their ˈtracks | stop/halt/freeze in your ˈtracks idiom to suddenly make sb stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because sth has frightened or surprised you • The question stopped Alice in her tracks. Main entry … Useful english dictionary
stop — stop1 [ stap ] verb *** ▸ 1 prevent something ▸ 2 no longer do something ▸ 3 no longer move ▸ 4 (make) work no longer ▸ 5 stay at someone s house ▸ 6 block pipe/hole etc. ▸ 1 no longer do something ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to prevent someone… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stop — I UK [stɒp] / US [stɑp] verb Word forms stop : present tense I/you/we/they stop he/she/it stops present participle stopping past tense stopped past participle stopped *** Get it right: stop: When you want to say that someone is no longer doing… … English dictionary
halt in your tracks — stop/halt sb in their ˈtracks | stop/halt/freeze in your ˈtracks idiom to suddenly make sb stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because sth has frightened or surprised you • The question stopped Alice in her tracks. Main entry … Useful english dictionary
freeze in your tracks — stop/halt sb in their ˈtracks | stop/halt/freeze in your ˈtracks idiom to suddenly make sb stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because sth has frightened or surprised you • The question stopped Alice in her tracks. Main entry … Useful english dictionary
in your tracks — ◇ If you stop or are stopped in your tracks, you stop doing something suddenly or immediately. He stopped/froze in his tracks, turned, and came back. Her comment stopped me (dead) in my tracks. [=it surprised me very much; it caused me to stop a … Useful english dictionary
stop dead in one's tracks — If you stop dead in your tracks, you stop suddenly because you are frightened or totally surprised. When Steve saw the snake, he stopped dead in his tracks … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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