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stop

Verb

  1. 1

    stop

    To stop and to not do what one has been doing.

    Korean definition: 하던 일을 중간에 그치고 하지 않다.

    • Perhaps having lost his appetite, Father suddenly stopped eating.

    • He quit the job he had and opened a small clothing store to run a business.

  2. 2

    stop

    To not do what one has to do or plans to do in the future.

    Korean definition: 앞으로 할 일이나 하려고 하던 일을 하지 않다.

    • If it's something that is clearly going to fail, it's better to stop it from the start.

    • Hearing that guests were coming, I gave up the bath I was about to take and went grocery shopping first.