“a halt”

The following 4 entries include the term a halt.

bring a halt to

idiom

: to cause to end : stop

call a halt to

idiom

: to stop (something) : to bring (something) to an end

come to a halt

idiom

: to no longer move or happen

grind to a halt

idiom

: to stop working or moving forward often used figuratively


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