Words / C1

STORL/stɔːl/

To stall is to stop making progress, or to delay on purpose: talks stall, stall for time. Pause is everyday and may be planned; delay can be waiting; a stall (noun) is a stand in a market or a cubicle. An engine can stall. Do not leave the n unnamed and call the silence process.

Meaning

To stop making progress, or to delay something on purpose.

Examples

• “Talks stalled when nobody would name the n in the minute.”
• “Pause is everyday. Delay is wider. Stonewall is wilful blocking. A market stall is a lookalike noun. A blank in the minute is not momentum. Put the number in, or minute the refusal.”

Good to know

Stop progressing; delay. Everyday: pause / delay. Noun lookalike: a market stall. Silence on the n is not process.

Near in meaning

delay

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