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stopping the job

stopping the job is the present participle and gerund 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 stopping the job

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

Words near stopping the job in the dictionary

  1. stopping services
  2. stopping short
  3. stopping someone in their tracks
  4. stopping someone's clock
  5. stopping the bleeding
  6. stopping the job
  7. stopping the presses
  8. stopping time
  9. stopping times
  10. stopping traffic
  11. stopping train

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