Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Think about is an antonym for stop.
Think about
Think about verb - Have on one's mind, think about actively.
Both terms in one sentence
- Being a good soldier doesn't sit well with him, however, and he blames himself for failing to stop and think about what he was doing and why.
Source: Literature / The Jenkinsverse -
The squicky implications of this are lampshaded in Super Mario Sunshine, in which Peach is suggested to be Bowser Jr.'s mother and she has to stop and think about it.
Source: And Now You Must Marry Me - A drunken Shane nearly forces himself on Lori in "TS-19", until her resistance makes him stop and think about what he was doing.
Source: Near-Rape Experience
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