stop cold

[stop cold] or [stop dead] or [stop in one's tracks] {v. phr.}, {informal} To stop very quickly or with great force.

/The hunter pulled the trigger and stopped the deer cold./

/When I saw Mary on the street, I was so surprised I stopped dead./

/The deer heard a noise and he stopped in his tracks./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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