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#pitstoptoyourpurposeHashtag, phrase, ministry, movement by Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe how the storms of life are just a temporary stop en route to one's divine destiny; As creator of the phrase and hashtag, De Bouse is the first to use #pitstoptoyourpurpose on social media and online anywhere.Rate it:

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"water the solutions that problems stop growing."SolutionsRate it:

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a quick drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death, especially by hanging.Rate it:

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a short drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death by hanging.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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agree to disagreeTo tolerate each other's opinion and stop arguing; to acknowledge that an agreement will not be reached.Rate it:

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any press is good pressBeing mentioned in the media is beneficial to the subject because it gets publicity.Rate it:

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argumentum premere (not urgere)to persist in an argument, press a point.Rate it:

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back upSo as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.Rate it:

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backwaterA rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back waterRate it:

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bail out onTo abandon, or stop supporting someone or something.Rate it:

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bank upTo press a mound of something against something else.Rate it:

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bear downTo press down on someone.Rate it:

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belt upTo stop talking or chattering; shut up.Rate it:

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brace aboxTo bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship.Rate it:

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break upTo stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.Rate it:

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bury the hatchetTo stop fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.Rate it:

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butt outdon't be involved in (stop interfering in) what someone else is doingRate it:

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call forTo stop at a place and ask for.Rate it:

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Call it a DayTo end up the work for a day, to stop work for the time beingRate it:

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call it quitsTo conclude; to quit or stop an activity.Rate it:

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can't helpIs unable to avoid a situation, or stop something from happening.Rate it:

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Cat Got Your TongueTo not answer any query, to stop saying anything if one ask somethingRate it:

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cease and desistTo stop and not resume an action.Rate it:

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charge downTo run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward.Rate it:

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cheese itA minced oath used as a warning to stop, hide, or flee.Rate it:

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choke offTo stop a person in the execution of a purpose.Rate it:

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clam upTo become silent; to stop talking, to shut up.Rate it:

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clamp down onTo take measures to stop something; to put an end to.Rate it:

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clap outTo fail, to stop working.Rate it:

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close downTo stop trading as a business.Rate it:

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Come Out of Your ShellTo become friendly, stop being shy or get socialRate it:

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come toTo stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.Rate it:

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come to an endTo stop; to cease; to no longer continue.Rate it:

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conk outTo stop functioning.Rate it:

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cop oneself onto cop on, stop behaving immaturelyRate it:

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couldn't stop a pig in a passageBow-legged.Rate it:

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cry uncleTo beg for mercy; to give up; to ask to stop (something painful or unbearable).Rate it:

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cut it outTo stop; refrain from; halt.Rate it:

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cut the crapto stop lying.Rate it:

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cut the crapto stop talking about irrelevant things.Rate it:

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daylightThe space between platens on a press or similar machinery.Rate it:

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deversari apud aliquem (Att. 6. 1. 25)to stop with a person, be his guest for a short time when travelling.Rate it:

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dieTo stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.Rate it:

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drop the topicTo stop talking about the topic at hand.Rate it:

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dry upTo stop talking, to forget what one was going to say.Rate it:

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face that would stop a clockA shockingly unattractive face.Rate it:

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face that would stop a clockA shockingly attractive face.Rate it:

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forge aheadpress onRate it:

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forge overTo press on regardless of hindrances.Rate it:

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