in one's tracks
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Frequently the featured photography in The Post stops one in one’s tracks because of its artistic quality.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022
The effect is to be pulled forward and backward simultaneously: yanked into motion by the composition, and stopped in one’s tracks by the Word.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2017
At other times, one is dazzled by a field of snow or stopped in one's tracks by the sound of a tempest or by birdsong.
From The Guardian • May 8, 2010
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