bring to a halt

bring someone or something to a halt

to cause someone or something to stop immediately. The explosion brought the lecture to a halt. I brought the visitor to a halt at the front gate.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Homer	HO-mər (English)	English, Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Margrethe	-	Danish, Norwegian
Shulammit	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Kalysta	kə-LIS-tə	English (Rare)
Ngawang	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese
NÁNdor	-	Hungarian