estop
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈstɒp/
estop (estops, present participle estopping; past and past participle estopped)
- To impede or bar by estoppel.
- 1957, William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, November 23, 1957:
- ...we twitted them, while we were together in the sun of the Continent, about English heating habits. Having done that, we are now estopped from bringing the matter up.
- 2020: "[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/impeachment-update-nancy-pelosi-articles-pause.html| Nancy Pelosi Should Take All the Time She Needs to Submit Articles of Impeachment]" by Philip Bobbitt, Slate.com
- Finally, new evidence—emails surrounding the decision to withhold appropriated military assistance from Ukraine—has come out since the vote. Is anyone suggesting that the House managers be estopped from presenting this evidence?
- 1957, William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, November 23, 1957:
- To stop up, to plug
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