stop behind someone or something
to bring oneself or one's vehicle to a stop behind someone or something. I stopped behind Fred at the red light. Fred stopped behind a minivan.
See also: behind, stop
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
95. stop chasing (one's) (own) tail
To stop doing things that prove ineffectual or do not lead to progress. A reference to how a dog can exhaust itself by chasing its own tail.Come on, Bill, stop chasing your tail and go get some sleep. You will have a better chance of a breakthrough if you take a break from the research for a little while.This administration would be better off if it stopped chasing its own tail and focused instead on more practical policies that actually have a chance of getting passed in Congress.
See also: chase, stop, tail
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96. stop (someone) dead
To make someone or something come to a complete halt immediately or very suddenly.Hearing the gunshot in the distance stopped us both dead.Boy, Samantha could stop you dead with her smile!
See also: dead, stop
stop dead
To immediately or suddenly come to a complete halt.I don't know what happened. The engine was running fine a second ago, but then it just stopped dead!Both of us stopped dead when we heard the gunshot in the distance.
See also: dead, stop
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Stop irritating me and leave me alone.Stop ironing my head, pal! No one wants to hear you talking for the entire course of the film.
See also: head, ironing, stop
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98. stop press
News that is added to a publication shortly before or as it is printed. Primarily heard in UK.We had to rush to get that stop press into today's paper.
See also: press, stop
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