stop and smell the roses
To relax; to take time out of one's busy schedule to enjoy or appreciate the beauty of life.
verb
To cease moving.
I stopped at the traffic lights.
Not to continue.
The riots stopped when police moved in.
Soon the rain will stop.
To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
This guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him.
To cease; to no longer continue.
One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.
To cause (something) to come to an end.
The referees stopped the fight.
noun
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
They agreed to meet at the bus stop.
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
That stop was not planned.
It is […] doubtful […] whether it contributed anything to the stop of the infection.
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
A fatal stop trauerst their headlong course
So melancholy a prospect should inspire us with zeal to oppose some stop to the rising torrent.
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
door stop
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
punct
Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.