Behave
Behave verb - To manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Common collocations
| time | behave time | stop time |
| characters | behave characters | stop characters |
| evil | behave evil | stop evil |
| anyone | behave anyone | stop anyone |
| Other words: guys. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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On My Name Is Earl, Joy tells an In-Universe tale to her kids to get them to behave and stop whining about having to do homework in the "Creative Writing" episode.
Source: Space Whale Aesop -
This doesn't stop most of the Heel winners from snapping and starting to behave as if they actually were the king of something.
Source: Awesome Moment of Crowning -
Zoey was telling herself that it was wrong to behave and think the way she did, didn't stop it anyway.
Source: Literature / The House of Night
Cite this Source
Stop and Behave. (2016). Retrieved 2023, March 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/behave/stop
Behave & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Mar. 2023. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/behave/stop>.
Stop or Behave. 2016. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://thesaurus.plus/related/behave/stop.
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