Stop Dead (Verb)
Meaning
Stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The driver stop dead in his tracks as the pedestrian suddenly stepped off the curb.
- When the bomb exploded nearby, the crowd stop dead in their tracks.
- The golfer's eyes scanned the hillside and his cart stop dead with a jolt.
- The sprinter stop dead over the line, exhausted but exhilarated.
- The cat stop dead in its tracks, ears perked up, as it sensed the nearby mouse.