Jail and Stop

Jail

Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.

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Stop and jail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Jail".

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Jail and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jail" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

human	human jail	human stop
old	old jail	old stop
full	full jail	full stop
dead	dead jail	dead stop
Other adjectives: small, strong, big, bad, horrible, hidden, different, nearby.

In one episode of Hot In Cleveland, Elka plays the harmonica in jail to which Mary Tyler Moore's character tells her to stop.

Source: Captivity Harmonica
He becomes a lot more receptive to filling his end of the deal after Kristoph is sent to jail and they stop being strangers.

Source: "Strangers on a Train"-Plot Murder
Especially notable is that at least two episodes ended with Vicky in jail, and it doesn't stop her from coming back in the next episode.

Source: Snap Back

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