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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nearly two weeks after the death of the tragic "King of Pop," America is expected to grind to a standstill early Tuesday as the tortured music superstar is finally laid to rest.
Byline: By FARIHA KARIM SCOTLAND'S busiest motorway could grind to a standstill this week as truckers protest against crippling fuel prices.
A bit of snow should not make Brum grind to a standstill.
 
 
 
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