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Meaning of stop someone in their tracks | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Français couper dans son élan interrompre

Polski zatrzymać

Examples

“This magnificent picture really stopped me in my tracks when I stumbled across it. I was drawn inexorably and immediately into the compelling detail discernible on this top-quality image.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

stop someone's clock stop the bleeding stop the job stop the presses stop traffic stop two gaps with one bush