Be long
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Both terms in one sentence
- Surely, this war will be long and vast, but with just about every Smasher uniting to stop it, the Smashers, as Diddy and Sonic named them, will defeat Grima...or, will they?
Source: Fanfic Recs / Super Smash Bros. - They may never find each other, or the other person may be long dead, but don't expect them to stop looking even when confronted by proof of such.
Source: I Will Find You -
Void is somewhat tolerated, and he intends to atone as well, but Killia makes it clear that the road to redemption will be long and laborious; he was willing to take the easy way out, even with Majorita poised to kill him, but Killia and Usalia put a stop to that.
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