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come to a grinding halt — ► grind to a halt (or come to a grinding halt) stop laboriously and noisily. Main Entry: ↑grind … English terms dictionary
grind to a halt (or come to a grinding halt) — slow down gradually and then stop completely. → grind … English new terms dictionary
grinding — [[t]gra͟ɪndɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends. Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty. ...the grinding difficulty of getting… … English dictionary
grinding halt, come to a — Stop (usu. suddenly or as a result of difficult circumstances). [Emph.] … A concise dictionary of English slang
halt — [n] end, stoppage arrest, break, break off*, close, cutoff, freeze*, grinding halt, impasse, interruption, layoff, letup, pause, screaming halt*, screeching halt*, stand, standstill, stop, termination; concept 119 Ant. continuation, endurance, go … New thesaurus
halt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ abrupt, sudden ▪ The bus came to an abrupt halt outside the school. ▪ crashing, grinding, screeching, shuddering … Collocations dictionary
halt — 1 noun (singular) a stop or pause: bring sth to a halt (=make something stop moving or continuing): Heavy snowfalls brought traffic to a halt on the Brenner Pass. | fuel shortages that have brought the industry to a grinding halt |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
halt — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abort, afterthought, amble, arrest, arrestation, bad, barge, belay, bell, bind, blind alley, block, blockage, bowl along, box, brake, break, breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell … Moby Thesaurus
grind to a halt — verb be unable to move further The car bogged down in the sand • Syn: ↑get stuck, ↑bog down, ↑mire • Derivationally related forms: ↑mire (for: ↑mire) … Useful english dictionary
grind to a halt — ► grind to a halt (or come to a grinding halt) stop laboriously and noisily. Main Entry: ↑grind … English terms dictionary
