to stop something -ing

  • 1stop — [[t]stɒ̱p[/t]] ♦ stops, stopping, stopped 1) VERB If you have been doing something and then you stop doing it, you no longer do it. [V ing] Stop throwing those stones!... [V ing] He can t stop thinking about it... [V ing] I ve been told to lose… …

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  • 2'-ing' forms — ◊ GRAMMAR ing forms are also called present participles. Most ing forms are formed by adding ing to the base form of a verb, for example asking , eating , and passing . Sometimes there is a change in spelling, as in dying , making , and putting …

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  • 3Don't Stop Believing — This article is about the British talent show. For other uses, see Don t Stop Believin (disambiguation). Don t Stop Believing Genre Reality television Format Talent show …

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  • 4di|rect´ing|ly — di|rect «duh REHKT, dy », verb, adjective, adverb. –v.t. 1. to manage or guide; control: »to direct a play, direct a business. A teacher directs the work of the pupils. A mounted policeman used to direct the traffic here, but now it s all signals …

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  • 5Can't Stop the Music — Infobox Film name = Can t Stop the Music caption = director = Nancy Walker producer = Allan Carr Henri Belolo Jacques Morali writer = Allan Carr Bronte Woodard starring = Alex Briley David Hodo Glenn Hughes Randy Jones Felipe Rose Ray Simpson… …

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  • 6o´ver|flow´ing|ly — o|ver|flow «verb. OH vuhr FLOH; noun, adjective. OH vuhr FLOH», verb, flowed, flown, flow|ing, noun, adjective. –v.i. 1. to flow over the bounds: »Rivers often overflow in the spring. 2. to have the contents flowing over: »My cup is overflowing …

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  • 7cross·ing — /ˈkrɑːsıŋ/ noun, pl ings [count] 1 : a place where two things (such as a street and a railroad track) cross each other Stop at the railroad crossing. Federal agents questioned us at the border crossing. [=the place where people go across the… …

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  • 8suppress — sup·press /sə pres/ vt 1: to put down by authority or force 2 a: to keep secret b: to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of 3 a: to exclude (illegally obtained evidence) from use at trial suppress narcotics found in violation of the… …

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  • 9cancel — can|cel [ kænsl ] (present participle can|cel|ing or can|cel|ling; past tense and past participle can|celled or can|celed) verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to say that something that has been arranged will not now happen: Jackson canceled the …

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  • 10petrify — pet|ri|fy [ petrı,faı ] verb 1. ) transitive to frighten someone so much that they cannot move or decide what to do: Your father really petrifies me. 2. ) intransitive or transitive to change a dead plant or animal gradually into stone, or to be… …

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