Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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A surprisingly sympathetic example occurs in Scrapped Princess, where Pacifica and crew stop at an inn and have to sell "Soopy Buns" to earn their tab.
Source: Burger Fool -
In the Devil May Cry anime, Morrison is able to coax Dante into doing a job after he convinces Dante's favorite pizza place to stop delivering to him until he can pay his tab.
Source: Lost Food Grievance -
During a long brawl in The Quiet Man Thornton and Danaher end up in a bar where they stop to have a shot of whiskey and each politely offers to pick up the tab.
Source: Mid-Battle Tea Break
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Tab and Stop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/tab
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Tab or Stop. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/tab.
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