grind to a halt
Verb
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Verb
grind to a halt
- (intransitive, of an activity) To come to a standstill, or cease to be productive or make progress, due to an obstacle.
- Work on the new high-rise ground to a halt as contractors tried to deal with all the red tape.
- After the visionary's death, work on his ideas ground to a halt.
- Russian: остановиться
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