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：2025/11/23
stop someone in their tracks
Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
（文字通りまたは比喩的に）進行中だった人物を突然止めること。 / 歩みや行動を継続している最中の誰かを急に停止させること。 / ある行動や進行を始めたばかりの状態で阻止すること。
（ present singular third-person ）
（ participle present ）
（ participle past ）
（ past ）
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(idiomatic) To prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.
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stop someone in their tracks
Her unexpected confession could stop someone in their tracks, leaving the room silent.
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Her unexpected confession could stop someone in their tracks, leaving the room silent.
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