Impress
Impress verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Brett's friends will stop hanging out with him if he can't impress girls, and Kiki once stole one of Becky's boyfriends from her.
Source: Visual Novel / Sprung - The Office (US) "Andy's Ancestry": When Erin starts learning a language to impress Andy's family, Dwight convinces her to stop learning French and start learning Dothraki under his tutelage.
Source: Nerds Speak Klingon - Nozomi actually managed to impress the head honcho of the Nightmare, Despariah, causing the organization to crumble and stop being a threat.
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