# time stands still

> English word · Phrase

## Definitions
1. Used to emphasize a moment in time that is either catastrophic or even enjoyable in which one's sense of time is frozen or suspended.
2. Used to state that something, especially a place, has an archaic, anachronistic or historic feeling.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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