sudden stop
1Sudden Stop — Infobox Album | Name = Sudden Stop Type = Album Artist = Colin James Released = October 1990 Recorded = 1990 Genre = Rock Length = 43:05 Label = Virgin Producer = Joe Hardy Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg …
2Sudden stop (economics) — In economics, a sudden stop is a sudden large reversal of capital inflows. [Sebastian Edwards (2004), Financial openness, sudden stops, and current account reversals . American Economic Review 94 (2), pp. 59 64.] ee also*Currency crisis… …
3a quick drop and a sudden stop — noun [əˌkwɪkˈdɹɒpəndəˌsʌdn̩ˈstɒp/ A fall to one’s death, especially by hanging. > But, yeah, the death penalty is a little stiff just for pretentious writing.> Punning now… it’d be a capital idea, there.Let’s not start that row. Give it a… …
4stop — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 stopping or staying ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ brief, short ▪ overnight ▪ abrupt, sharp, sudden …
5Stop — Stop, v. i. 1. To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop. [1913 Webster] He bites his lip, and starts; Stops on a sudden, looks upon the ground; Then lays his finger on his temple: strait Springs out into fast gait; then stops …
6stop short — To come to a sudden standstill • • • Main Entry: ↑short * * * stop suddenly or abruptly * * * ˌstop ˈshort | ˌstop sb ˈshort idiom to suddenly stop, or make sb suddenly stop, doing sth • He stopped short when he heard his name. • …
7stop — vb 1 Stop, cease, quit, discontinue, desist are comparable when they mean to suspend or cause to suspend activity. Stop applies primarily to action or progress or to what is thought of as moving or progressing; cease applies primarily to states… …
8stop 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 …
9stop motion — stop motion, adj. Motion Pictures. 1. Also called stop action photography, stop motion cinematography. a special effect, carried out while shooting, in which the performers stop their motion and the camera is stopped while an object or performer… …
10stop (or be stopped) in one's tracks — informal be brought to a sudden and complete halt. → track …
