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Stop dead   /stɑp dɛd/   Listen
Stop dead

verb
1.
Stop moving or become immobilized.  Synonym: freeze.





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"Stop dead" Quotes from Famous Books



... She saw Curtis stop dead, and she wondered if his heart, like hers, had ceased to beat. The next instant he moved forward, and for the first time she saw him deliberately punch the gesticulating negro's woolly head. Beelzebub cried out like a whipped dog and slunk back. Then, very ...
— Rosa Mundi and Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell


Words linked to "Stop dead" :   stand still, freeze, settle on, fixate


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