Meaning of stop the job | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To completely stop all traffic.
   UK, colloquial
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, the, job.

Examples

“Blea Moor to Carlisle, derailed blocking both roads. Can you stop the job between Kirkby Stephen and Blea Moor.”

“Just one ‘in traffic’ failure in ten years for me. But it was a good ’un and stopped the job entirely for a few hours...!”

“However, any power or equipment failures ‘stop the job’ and are disruptive to railway operations.”

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