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grind to a halt |
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grind to a halt Fig. to slow down and stop. Every day about noon, traffic in town grinds to a halt. The bus ground to a halt at the corner and someone got off. grind to a halt/standstill if an organization, system, or process grinds to a halt, it stops working, usually because of a problem If the computer network crashed, the whole office would grind to a halt. grind to a halt to slowly come to a stop Traffic on the interstate almost ground to a halt today because it was so foggy. The strike has caused production of new cars to grind to a halt. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If we legalize the system more, it will grind to a halt. And that will grind to a halt if we don't have the funding. who wrote in a January issue of his company newsletter that if the CPSC wins, "pyrotechnic chemicals and supplies vendors would disappear" and "your ability to make fireworks would grind to a halt once your supplies ran out" |
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