bring to a halt
21bring */*/*/ — UK [brɪŋ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms bring : present tense I/you/we/they bring he/she/it brings present participle bringing past tense brought UK [brɔːt] / US [brɔt] past participle brought Collocations: If you bring, take, or fetch… …
22halt — I UK [hɔːlt] / US [hɔlt] noun [singular] * a) a temporary or permanent stop in a process halt to: He has appealed for a halt to the fighting. halt in: an unforeseen halt in road construction b) a temporary or permanent stop in movement bring… …
23halt — 1. verb 1) Jen halted and turned around Syn: stop, come to a halt, come to a stop, come to a standstill; pull up, draw up Ant: start, go 2) a further strike has halted production Syn …
24halt — 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 |… …
25bring — [[t]brɪŋ[/t]] v. t. brought, bring•ing 1) to carry, convey, conduct, or cause (someone or something) to come with, to, or toward the speaker 2) to cause to come to or toward oneself; attract 3) to cause to occur or exist: The medicine brought… …
26halt — I [[t]hɔlt[/t]] v. i. 1) to stop; cease moving, operating 2) to cause to stop; bring to a stop 3) a temporary or permanent stop; standstill: to come to a halt[/ex] 4) (used as a command to stop and stand motionless, as to marching troops or to a… …
27halt — 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 …
28halt — 1. verb 1) halt at the barrier Syn: stop, come to a halt, come to a stop, come to a standstill, pull up, draw up 2) a strike has halted production Syn: stop, bring to a stop, put a stop to, suspend …
29halt — halt1 /hawlt/, v.i. 1. to stop; cease moving, operating, etc., either permanently or temporarily: They halted for lunch and strolled about. v.t. 2. to cause to stop temporarily or permanently; bring to a stop: They halted operations during… …
30halt — halt1 verb bring or come to an abrupt stop. noun 1》 a suspension of movement or activity. 2》 Brit. a minor stopping place on a local railway line. Phrases call a halt order a stop. Origin C16: orig. in the phr. make halt, from Ger. haltmachen,… …
