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stop the clock
stop the clock
stop the clock
Postpone a deadline by not counting the elapsing hours. For example,
Management agreed to stop the clock so that a new contract could be negotiated before the present one expired
. [Mid-1900s]
See also:
clock
,
stop
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Name
Gender
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Gwenneth
-
Welsh (Rare)
Clementina
[klemən'ti:nə]
Benton
[ben'tən]
Ibolya
-
Hungarian
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Calisto
kah-LEE-sto
(Spanish)
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