stop someone in their tracks en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.
This magnificent picture really stopped me in my tracks when I stumbled across it. I was drawn inexorably and immediately into the compelling detail discernible on this top-quality image.
2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stopped someone in their tracks | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stopped someone in their tracks | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| stops someone in their tracks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| stopping someone in their tracks | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
pl but see zatrzymywać (Translations) · pl zatrzymać (Translations) · fr interrompre (Translations) · fr couper dans son élan (Translations) · fi pysäyttää niille sijoilleen (Translations)