parar los pies

parar los pies (first-person singular present paro los pies, first-person singular preterite paré los pies, past participle parado los pies)

1. (idiomatic) to stop (someone) in their tracks

   Hay que pararle los pies.

   We must stop him in his tracks.

• “parar los pies a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024