Stop close to road and, if empty, put in children (8)

I believe the answer is:

dissuade

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'stop close' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for dissuade that I've seen before include "Discourage from course of action" , "Try to deter" , "Persuade not to" , "Deter by advice" , "Advise not to proceed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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