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stops the job

stops the job is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 stops the job

What is stops the job the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stops the job is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stop the job.

Words near stops the job in the dictionary

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

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