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stopped the job

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

Meaning of stop the job

Verb

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

  1. (UK, colloquial) To completely stop all traffic.
    • Blea Moor to Carlisle, derailed blocking both roads. Can you stop the job between Kirkby Stephen and Blea Moor.1999, Stanley Hall, quoting train driver in the 1995 Ais Gill rail accident, Hidden Dangers: Railway Safety in the Era of Privatisation
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, the, job.

Questions about stopped the job

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

Words near stopped the job in the dictionary

  1. stopped press
  2. stopped short
  3. stopped someone in their tracks
  4. stopped someone's clock
  5. stopped the bleeding
  6. stopped the job
  7. stopped the presses
  8. stopped traffic
  9. stopped two gaps with one bush
  10. stopped up
  11. stopped-clock illusion

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