Stop and Think up

Stop

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

Think up is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

Think up

Think up verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Stop is an antonym for think up in topics: conceive, create, bring about, think about seriously.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Ostrich Head Hiding During the race the animal suddenly gets scared and sticks its head under the ground, so Mickey has think up a way to make the animal stop doing this.
  • Excuse Plot From Crystal Crazy's instructions: "Although it might be possible to think up some contrived scenario like you're a ship raiding somebody else's crystals while some nasties try to stop you, it wouldn't really be worth it."
    Source: Excuse Plot
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