Descriptions & Equivalents
- barred from entry
- bear hug
- called “time”
- canned it
- cease
- conclude
- copped out
- curtailing
- cut him off at the knees
- cut off
- derail
- defuse
- end
- finish
- foil
- grabbed his wrist
- ground to a halt
- halt
- hamstrung in his efforts
- hit a dead end
- kill switch
- neutralized him
- petered out
- put on ice
- put a cork in
- put his hand on my shoulder
- received a death blow
- shuttered the business
- sputtered to a halt
- squelched
- stalled
- stand down
- stifled
- stoppage
- thwart
- torpedo'ed the deal
- upended
- went nowhere
- went off the rails
Stop. To discontinue action. He wanted to stop what he was doing because he was tired but the world would come to an end if he did.
