pit stop
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- noun
- /pɪt stɑp/
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- During the race, the team executed a quick pit stop to change tires and refuel.
- the next pit stop
- pit stop in a race
- make pit stops
Listen, y'all, pit stops throughout the day is how the race car wins the race.
- Listen, y'all, pit stops throughout the day is how the race car wins the race.
Examples
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The drivers now starting to make their first pit stops of the day.
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Both Ferrari men made a single pit stop, Fernando on lap 30 and Felipe on lap 31, switching from the Pirelli Supersofts.
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We're now at the final pit stop window.
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Get ready for the first pit stop.
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All three with very fast pit stops, just over 12 seconds.
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That was the fastest pit stop I've ever seen!
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As drivers made their only pit stop, Vettel climbed the order.
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Zanardi went into his final pit stop, and the crew chief waved him off, urging him to "Go, go, go!"
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After another pit stop on lap 65, the team made some quick adjustments in hopes of tightening the car up for their driver.
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Able to finish the race on one pit stop to Keselowski's two, Johnson brought the No. 48 Chevrolet to pit road on Lap 214.
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Synonyms
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1.0
A place where a vehicle like a bus pauses on a route
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The element 'stop' (a brief interruption) is transparent, but 'pit' here has a specialized service-area sense (as in racing or a vehicle service area) that is not the basic meaning 'hole'. A B1 learner who only knows the literal constituents would find the combined automotive/service meaning not fully predictable, though context often makes it guessable.
Etymology
Pit stop comes from car racing: teams have a work area called the pit, and the car must stop there while mechanics quickly change tires and fill the tank. That's why in racing a pit stop means 'a very short stop to service a car'.