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Meanings of putting a stop in English

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Usage of putting a stop in English
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The Democratic party has appeared completely incapable of putting a stop to it.
The Guardian
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The blockhouses were of little consequence in putting a stop to Indian attacks.
The Winning of the West, Volume 4 / Louisiana and the Northwest,...
3
Aunt Hedwig and Herr Sohnstein succeeded in putting a stop to that cruelty.
A Romance of Tompkins Square / 1891
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And rather than putting a stop to this madness, the Capital encouraged it.
The Hunger Pains
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He says he is putting a stop to George and his unending accusations.
The Kingmaker’s Daughter
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A steady, pouring rain; putting a stop again to the race for that day.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
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These last new rules and restrictions are putting a stop to any private enterprise.
There was a King in Egypt
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Well, that's what we're putting a stop to today.
Apocalypse of the Dead
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This is our first, perhaps our last shot at putting a stop to it all.
The Pilo Family Circus
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Here Fetnah ceased her complaints, her sighs and tears putting a stop to her utterance.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete
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This not putting a stop to the Duke's remonstrances, the King was obliged to interfere.
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volum...
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Isn't that a piece of lumber? she inquired, crisply, putting a stop on further personalities.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
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Well, and in parliamentary debate, by putting a stop to party strife and fostering civic concord?
The Memorabilia
14
Lady Stafford breaks in, impatiently, at this juncture, putting a stop to Mr. Potts's half-finished compliment.
Molly Bawn
15
He called the plan "fair" and said it justified putting a stop to the strikes.
The Guardian
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But the Volcker Rule, part of the U.S. financial reform bill, is putting a stop to that.
Reuters
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