a command to cease or desist from whatever is being done.
Stop, quit what you are doing, hold your work and await further instructions.
Order to stop, or desist from, an action.
Stop! Cease or desist from whatever is being done.
A nautical command to stop or cease. Date: 1681, perhaps from Dutch "houd vast" hold fast
The command given to stop, or cease, in any operation.
A command to stop immediately what one is doing.
stop immediately, an imperative order.
Nautical term meaning stop what you are doing, derived/corrupted from 'hold fast'. i.e. “Avast! Me thinks me smells a lilly livered landlubber in me guest room.
This told the pirates to "STOP" what you are doing.
A nautical command to stop or cease, to hold fast.
