Wiktionary
stop the car
phr. When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should stop the vehicle.
Usage examples of "stop the car".
Farrow made Burton stop the car and stand up while he searched him.
He would stop the car just to watch, for hours on end, the mountains in the distance, or the riverbed, or the desert.
There were trees between him and the car, and if he fired there was no way of being sure that he would stop the car or hit the driver.
After that, when his anxiety overcame him, it was necessary to stop the car, park, and then rush madly back and forth among the pilgrims, threatening, entreating, offering bribes.
He had expected Doc to stop the car and get out and open the hangar door.