stop it

English

Verb

stop it (third-person singular simple present stops it, present participle stopping it, simple past and past participle stopped it)

1. (chiefly imperative) Tells the listener to stop doing something, often an annoying but harmless activity aimed at the speaker.

Usage notes

• This is almost always imperative, and can even be classified as an interjection. The inflected forms such as stopping it are almost never heard.