From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstand stillstand stillCHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT#to not change or progress at all, even though time has passed No industry can stand still. Time seems to have stood still in this lovely hotel. → stand
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stand still• Space technology has not stood still.• I seemed to be standing still.• She stood still, all amazed.• But, although Ashley stood still and wary, her son showed no inhibitions.• Could you stand still for just a minute and listen to me?• I have stood still instead of fighting on her side as I did in the basement in Lobethal.• I stood still, right where I was, eavesdropping.• She stood still, savouring the accumulation of days of her life behind her like beads on a string, something tangible.• The law has not been standing still since Jorden v. Money.• The young woman stood still, waiting and smiling: small as a child in her glimmering white silk. 