stop the clock

Meaning

1. to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit

In the movies · 4

• Can't get out of bounds to stop the clock.The Game Plan2007
• Lewis stopped the clock.The House with a Clock in Its Walls2018
• 'Mr Tommy Briggs stops the clock at 11:34.'Two-Lane Blacktop1971
• Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day.Withnail & I1987

From the same entry

• stop at nothing
• stop short
• stop short of doing
• stop in their tracks
• stop by
• stop in
• stop off
• stop out
• stop over
• stop up
• come to a full stop
• pull out all the stops