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a tactic used to mislead or delay put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse" experience a stall in flight, of airplanes cause an airplane to go into a stall cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car" come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn''t want to write the report, so she is stalling" a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn''t control it" a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed a booth where articles are displayed for sale postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" small area set off by walls for special use small individual study area in a library |
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