- grinding halt
- unplanned stop, forced stop
When Andy lost his job, their marriage came to a grinding halt.
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grinding halt
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(a) grinding halt — a grinding halt phrase a situation in which something gradually stops operating completely A transport strike brought the capital to a grinding halt. Thesaurus: ends, finishes and final stagessynonym Main entry: grinding … Useful english dictionary
bring something to a grinding halt — bring sth to a grinding ˈhalt idiom to make sth gradually go slower until it stops completely • Roadworks brought traffic to a grinding halt. Main entry: ↑grindidiom … Useful english dictionary
come to a grinding halt — grind to a ˈhalt | come to a grinding ˈhalt idiom to go slower gradually and then stop completely • Production ground to a halt during the strike. • Her career ground to a halt when the twins were born. Main entry: ↑grindidiom … Useful english dictionary
grind to a halt (or come to a grinding halt) — slow down gradually and then stop completely. → grind … English new terms dictionary
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
a grinding halt — a situation in which something gradually stops operating completely A transport strike brought the capital to a grinding halt … 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
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
