12 Other Ways to Say Stop in English

12 other ways to say stop in english

Learn 12 other ways to say stop in English.

As always, I’ll give you the words and phrases that I think are suitable and then I’ll give you easy-to-follow detailed explanations as to what they mean.

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12 other ways to say stop in english

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Hi, there this is Harry and welcome back to my English learning podcast where I try to help you to improve your understanding of the English language. We look at English grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms and expressions.

So what are we going to lookΒ at in this podcast episode? Here we’re going to look at other ways to sayΒ stop.

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to haltΒ 

Meaning: to get somebody to stop, usually used as a commandΒ 

Example:

He turned and shouted to the rest of the men, ‘Halt!’

Next word is

to prevent

Meaning: to stop someone from doing something or to stop something from being done

Example:

Everybody is looking for aΒ vaccine that willΒ prevent the spreading of Covid-19.

AΒ burglar alarm will prevent somebodyΒ from breaking into your homeΒ and stealing your valuables.

Next word

to hinder

Meaning: not to stop entirely but to make something a little bit more difficult

Example:

Ice on the road willΒ hinder your driving.Β 

TheΒ snowstorm may hinder the train fromΒ arriving on time.Β 

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12 other ways to say stop in english

to obstruct

Meaning: to stop someone or something from moving forward or backwards, to block their pathΒ 

Example:

After a storm, a fallen tree obstructed the road.

to inhibit

Meaning: to make someone unable to express themselves freely

Example:

Her presenceΒ inhibited him from saying what he wantedΒ to say.

to stem something

Meaning: to stop the flow

Example:

If there’s a burstΒ water pipe in your home,Β you wrap something around itΒ until theΒ plumber gets there so the water doesn’tΒ spillΒ outΒ quite so much.

We put pressure on the wound with some bandage to stem the flow of blood.

12 other ways to say stop in english

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to prohibit

Meaning: to not allow or to forbid something

Example:

From that date, smoking was prohibited in public places and workplaces.

Going beyond a certain point in theΒ airport is prohibited.

to hamper

Meaning: to slow down or to make movement difficult

Example:Β 

He had a broken legΒ which hampered his ability to get downΒ the stairs.

The long tightΒ dress that she wore hampered herΒ movement soΒ she wasn’t able to run.Β 

The bad weatherΒ hampered the movement around the city.Β 

12 other ways to say stop in english

to stand inΒ somebody’s pathΒ or in somebody’s way

Meaning: to stop someone from doing something, to prevent

Example:

It’s a pity you couldn’t go to theΒ university closer to homeΒ but don’t let me stand in your way.Β 

to keep someone from doing something

Meaning: to physically stop them

Examples:

Safety gatesΒ keepΒ children from going upstairs.

Blocking your credit card keeps youΒ from spending money.

to restrain

Meaning: to limit someone’s movements

Example:

The police restrained theΒ thief byΒ handcuffingΒ him to a post.

to refrain (from)

Meaning: to avoid doing something

Example:

Please refrain from touching your face.

Those are the other ways to say Stop in English. Let meΒ just run through them again:

They’re allΒ verbs or verbal phrases okay so you canΒ use themΒ as alternatives to stop.

As always,Β if you want to contact me youΒ can do so onΒ www.englishlessonviaskype.com and I’ll be happy to hear from youΒ anytime. Thanks for listening. Join me again soon.

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