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stopped cold

stopped cold is the simple past and past participle of stop cold.

Meaning of stop cold

Verb

stop cold (third-person singular simple present stops cold, present participle stopping cold, simple past and past participle stopped cold)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To halt suddenly and completely.
    Synonyms:
    stop on a dime

Questions about stopped cold

What is stopped cold the simple past and past participle of?
Stopped cold is the simple past and past participle of stop cold.

Words near stopped cold in the dictionary

  1. stopped and smelt the flowers
  2. stopped and smelt the roses
  3. stopped at nothing
  4. stopped by
  5. stopped clock illusion
  6. stopped cold
  7. stopped dead
  8. stopped down
  9. stopped in
  10. stopped into
  11. stopped it

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