The likely cause of this is that the grass is too high for your mowers deck. You should try just mowing about 1/3 of the blade at a time (if you can) until you reach your desired length, so if you grass is 6" high, only take off about 2" at first to reduce the stress on your mower. Set your mower deck to it's highest setting and give it a shot.
Also, be sure that the blades are sharp, and if you don't have mulching blades, you should get some! Grass this high will leave long clippings on the lawn which can suffocate the grass, mulching blades will chop up the clippings into smaller pieces, which is beneficial for your lawn!
Finally, make sure you aren't mowing wet grass. If you mow when the grass is wet the clippings can stick together and clump up under the mowing deck which will cause excess strain to the mower and maybe even cause it to shut off.
If none of this works, you may want to use a string trimmer to remove the first two inches of your grass and then continue mowing as normal!
Hope this helps! Happy Mowing!
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Hi John Cammarota, we want to help you with your question, but we need more information from you. Can you please add details in the comment box? like what height are the blades at if too low it will stall if it is a 4 stroke motor. Are blades at highest height ?
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