stall

/stɔːl/ verb

Translation

ENGINE [I, T] › If an engine stalls, or if you stall it, it stops working suddenly.

(motor) aniden durmak/durdurmak

The car stalled when I stopped at the traffic lights.16802503

STOP [I] › to stop making progress

oyalamak, savsaklamak, atlatmak; ilerlemesine engel olmak

The peace talks have stalled over the issue of nuclear weapons.1555

MORE TIME [T] › to intentionally make someone wait or make something happen later so that you have more time

kasden bekletmek/savsaklamak/atlatmak

She wanted an answer immediately, but I managed to stall her.15591862

(Definition of stall verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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