stop
verb
to no longer do something
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To stop doing something
break off
to stop doing something, especially speaking
give up
to stop doing something that you are trying hard to do
abandon
verb
to stop something that you are doing or planning to do, especially because it is too difficult to continue
throw in the towel
to stop trying to do something because you lack determination or because you think you cannot win
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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