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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

The next truck stop down the interstate is notoriously short on parking.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2022

But, the Magic was unable to come up with a key stop down the stretch.

From Seattle Times Jan. 3, 2022

As it did in several games, the defense played well in the first half but could not make a stop down the stretch.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2016

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

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

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