Come close
Come close verb - Be close or similar.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Come close is an antonym for stop.
Both terms in one sentence
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In Seasons 3 and 4, Bran and his companions come close to Jon Snow several times, but circumstances stop them from getting his attention.
Source: Missed Him by That Much - The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Sam and Charlie in the book come close to having sex, but buried flashbacks to Charlie being molested stop him.
Source: Did They or Didn't They? - Earn Your Happy Ending: The protagonists go through a lot of crap to stop the program and come close to losing hope multiple times.
Source: Literature / From Heaven's Door
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