Arrest
Arrest verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.
Usage example: cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion
Progress
Progress verb - To move forward along a course.
Usage example: our wedding plans are progressing nicely
How words are described
| good | good arrest | good progress |
| actual | actual arrest | actual progress |
| real | real arrest | real progress |
| quick | quick arrest | quick progress |
| Other adjectives: major, minor, later, further, last, recent, technical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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By the end of the film, when Rell and Clarence are being cornered by the police at Clarence's house, his wife interrupts the arrest in progress to go upstairs to the bedroom and have sex with him.
Source: Film / Keanu - This happens in Phantasy Star 2 if you kill the security bots coming to arrest you by cheating, after which you can no longer progress through the plot.
Source: Script Breaking - She doesn't escape being a Karma Houdini after she's unpetrified - she's placed under house arrest until her psychosis can be cured, but she's showing progress, mainly because she genuinely loves Sirocco.
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Progress and Arrest. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/arrest/progress
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