stop (someone) dead
stop (someone) dead
To make someone or something come to a complete halt immediately or very suddenly. Hearing the gunshot in the distance stopped us both dead. Boy, Samantha could stop you dead with her smile!
See also: dead, stop
stop dead
To immediately or suddenly come to a complete halt. I don't know what happened. The engine was running fine a second ago, but then it just stopped dead! Both of us stopped dead when we heard the gunshot in the distance.
See also: dead, stop
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- stop dead
- stop (one) cold
- stop cold
- not a peep from/out of (someone)
- past caring
- (way) past caring
- in (one's) possession
- in possession
- possession
- glorified