pit stop

Frequency: 8.018.2 per million words

in motor racing, a stop for refuelling, changing tires, etc.; informally, any brief stop during a journey

stopADJECTIVE + NOUN (stop = a period of stopping)

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Examples (10)

  • The cars made two pit stops during the race.
  • We made a pit stop to buy a bottle of water.
  • The team executed a flawless pit stop, gaining crucial seconds.
  • We'll need to find a good place for a pit stop soon.
  • By the time they reached the final lap, they had already completed three pit stops.
  • How many pit stops do you think we'll make on this road trip?
  • The car was brought in for an unscheduled pit stop due to a flat tire.
  • Let's take a quick pit stop at the coffee shop before continuing our work.
  • By the end of the season, the champion driver will have made countless successful pit stops.
  • If we hadn't made that extra pit stop, we would have arrived much earlier.