crawl to a stop/standstill

idiom

: to come to a complete stop after moving very slowly

Traffic has crawled to a stop/standstill.

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So despite its weight, the Roadster accelerated up hills that caused other e-bikes to crawl to a stop. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2022

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