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stop down

British  

verb

  1. (adverb) to reduce the size of the aperture of (a camera lens)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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First stop down under is Perth, and the tour opener with the Western Force on June 28.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2025

A man pursues a woman from a Santa Monica bus stop down the California Incline on a fog-saturated night.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 11, 2023

Campbell never flinched, though, standing tall on Tampa Bay’s final power-play opportunity and the making another big stop down the stretch to thwart Brayden Point’s attempt to tie the score.

From Seattle Times May 6, 2022

Patricia Green, a resident of downtown Wilmington, was adamant a truck stop down the road was open and ready for business.

From The Guardian Sep. 17, 2018

"He went that way—see that bus stop down the street?"

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

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