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stopping cold

stopping cold is the present participle and gerund 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 stopping cold

What is stopping cold the present participle and gerund of?
Stopping cold is the present participle and gerund of stop cold.

Words near stopping cold in the dictionary

  1. stopping
  2. stopping and smelling the flowers
  3. stopping and smelling the roses
  4. stopping at nothing
  5. stopping by
  6. stopping cold
  7. stopping dead
  8. stopping distance
  9. stopping distances
  10. stopping down
  11. stopping in

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