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preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay
イベントの優れた内容が、多くの参加者を足止めした。
- The excellent content of the event kept many participants from leaving.
渋滞で30分の足止めを食らっちゃって、それで到着が遅れたんだ。
- We were held up for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.