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stop and smell the flowers

stop and smell the flowers is the alternative form of stop and smell the roses.

Meaning of stop and smell the roses

Verb

stop and smell the roses (third-person singular simple present stops and smells the roses, present participle stopping and smelling the roses, simple past and past participle stopped and smelled the roses or stopped and smelt the roses)

  1. (idiomatic) To relax; to take time out of one's busy schedule to enjoy or appreciate the beauty of life.

Forms of stop and smell the flowers

third-person singular presentstops and smells the flowers
present participlestopping and smelling the flowers
past participlestopped and smelled the flowers
paststopped and smelled the flowers
past participlestopped and smelt the flowers
paststopped and smelt the flowers

Questions about stop and smell the flowers

What is stop and smell the flowers the alternative form of?
Stop and smell the flowers is the alternative form of stop and smell the roses.

Words near stop and smell the flowers in the dictionary

  1. stop and frisks
  2. stop and go light
  3. stop and go lights
  4. stop and run
  5. stop and search
  6. stop and smell the flowers
  7. stop and smell the roses
  8. stop at nothing
  9. stop bar
  10. stop bead
  11. stop beads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stop and smell the flowers (page history and authors); stop and smell the roses (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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