stop on a dime

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stop on a dime

Fig. to come to a stop in a very short distance. This thing will stop on a dime. Imagine a bus that could stop on a dime.

See also: dime, stop

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This time, he rolled a little too close, and the evening freight can't exactly stop on a dime or wiggle outta the way, you know? Miss! Miss! Miss! Hit! That's gotta hurt real bad! by Gilmore, Commander / Shooting Industry The unprecedented momentum we have established can stop on a dime if the quality-to-price ratio isn't there with these wines. Lucas & Lewellen Sets One-Day Record For Single-Label Internet Wine ... by Business Wire When regular drummer Rob Merrill took ill, UV flew in from New York and, just hours before the show, learned songs that often exceed 150 beats per minute, stop on a dime and then switch styles. SIZE, REPRAZENT BLAST HOUSE OF BLUES CROWD by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			stomp stomp on stone stone dead stone sober Stone the crows! stone's throw away stool stoop stoop down stoop over stoop to stoop to doing stop stop at stop at nothing stop behind stop by stop cold stop dead in tracks stop for stop from doing stop in tracks stop off stop on stop on a dime stop one dead in tracks stop over stop short stop short of stop short of a place stop short of doing stop the music stop the rot stop up stop, look, and listen storage store store away store in store up stork storm storm around storm at storm in storm is brewing storm out story stow away straddle the fence			stop molding Stop motion Stop motion Stop Motion Aimpoint Update Stop motion animation Stop motion animator Stop Motion Pro stop mouth stop mouth stop mouth stop mouth stop mouth Stop Mutilating Children Stop n Swop Stop Navy Acronym Proliferation :-) stop needle stop needle stop needle stop needle stop number stop number stop nut stop off stop off stop off stop off stop off stop off stop on stop on stop on a dime Stop on Barrier Stop on Consecutive Filemarks stop one dead in tracks Stop Online Piracy Act stop order stop order stop order Stop Orders Stop Orders Stop Orders Stop Oregon Litter & Vandalism Stop Oro Valley Outrageous Giveaways stop out stop out stop out stop out stop out Stop Out Price Stop Out Prices stop over stop over stop over stop over stop over stop over Stop OverSpending stop payment stop payment stop payment Stop Payment Order

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