bring a halt to

idiom

: to cause to end : stop
The contract brought a halt to the strike.

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Trantalis argues that a tunnel would be less intrusive than a bridge and less likely to bring a halt to downtown’s ongoing development boom. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2024 Corpus Christi, Texas City and Freeport are all major shipping hubs for oil, so closures bring a halt to crude exports, as well as shipments to refineries. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

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“Bring a halt to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bring%20a%20halt%20to. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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