1.b> 1) (), , ; I stopped someone in the street to ask the way to the station / i> ; stop the car, I want to get out! , ! our orders are to stop all vehicles and check the drivers , ; the enemy have been stopped at the river .i> ;
2) (), , ; the car stopped at the traffic lights ; he walked along the road for a bit, and then stopped , / ; stop or I will shoot! .i> / , ! my watch has stopped ;
2.b> 1) (), ( i>); ( i>); he stopped working ; we tied a bandage round his arm to stop the bleeding i> ; stop making that terrible noise! ! it's stopped raining now [.i> .i> 2)]; the referee was forced to stop the game because of heavy snow / ; please stop crying and tell me what's wrong , / , ; stop it! You're hurting me / ! ;
2) (); ; I think the rain has stopped , / [.i> .i> 1)]; the bus service stops at midnight / ;
3.b> (from) i> (), i> / ; they've built a fence to stop the dog getting out , / ; I want to go and you can't stop me / ; there's nothing to stop you from accepting the offer ; there's no stopping us now / i> ; you can't stop people (from) saying what they think , ;
4.b> i> (; ) / , i> ( i>); shall we stop for lunch now? / ? let's stop and look at the map , ; we stopped work for half an hour to have a cup of coffee / i> ; we stopped to admire the scenery / ; people just don't stop to think about the consequences / ;
5.b> (up) (, ), , ; , (, , .i>); to stop up a pipe ; stop up the other end of the tube, will you? , ; I stopped my ears but still heard her cry out , ;
to stop offb> (at, in) i> (), ; i> , ( i>); we're going to stop off in Paris for a couple of days before heading south , ; we stopped off at a hotel for the night / ; I'll stop off at the shops on my way home and get some wine , ;
to stop overb> (at, in) 1) i> () / ( i>); the plane stops over in Dubai on the way to India ; I wanted to stop over in India on the way to Australia [.i> .i> stopoverr>];
2) i> (), i> ; come round for dinner one night and you can stop over , / ;
to stop upb> .i> ( ); ; he stopped up till 3 o'clock to watch the boxing i> 3 ;
to stop at nothingb> ; ; ( i>); she'll stop at nothing to get her revenge / ; we will stop at nothing to save our child / ; to stop short of smth. / of doing smth. /b> , i> ; / [.i> .i> short IIr> ]; she stopped short of accusing him of lying / ; ; the US government supported sanctions but stopped short of military action -i> , / .
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